The Great Clans
Jin Wang took his leave and despite her busy schedule Princess Helena did as instructed. The grand priestess had told her in person that out of everyone here Jin Wang was perhaps the only one that could be trusted to have their backs.
She sent out messengers for the city elders to gather despite knowing full well that the news would have already reached them well before the official messengers arrived at their doorstep.
She waited at the city gates as they all arrived together through the sea of people, after making her wait for a good 20 minutes or so for no reason. You could say this was their power move. By making a princess wait for them in front of everyone it showed how much value they put on themselves.
There were five individuals, both male, and female but all demihumans. They had everything from beastly tails, ears, snouts, and other facial features to entire limbs of various other species mixed together.