Tear of Sothoryos
As Leo and Ashara walking around the market of Lys with four shadow guards protecting them in the open, all of the attention of course has been on them. Four shadow guards that have been assigned to protect them has been giving a new set of armour, weapon and bow. There are two women and two male, there is no name you could call them besides what they are.
Nightingale Set is the new armour that these four has been wearing in the open while protecting the two couple, the armour hides their identity and the black colour armour does give intimidating looks from the slave and people of Lys.
They are currently walking through the port market of Lys, the four shadow guard has been very helpful scaring away the curious people that have been watching them. The shadow guard and Leo have been wearing a mask that hides thiere identity, Ashara is wearing the famous cloth of Yennefer of Vengerberg. Looking at her wearing that tight cloth with such confidence does make one feel charms by her, not just him but also the nobles and beautiful slave looking at her with Lust.
Because of this, Leo has been beside her while she inspects the goods that they sell in the market. Just like the shadow guard and him, Ash has also been wearing the firekeeper Mask that hides her facial feature. The mask prevents her from seeing what in front of her, however, this problem was solved. The Mask has been enchanted, it lets the wearer have a near-360º field of vision around themselves.
The purple gemstone on the mask match Ashara eyes, even though people can't see her eyes but the shine from the purple gemstone made people think that she is highborn. Leo knows thiere disguise is not foolproof, but he just wanted to see if they can connect him to Dorne.
He is wearing the same cloth as Vergil, with a mask that covers his whole face. Just like Ash mask, his mask also has been enchanted to let me see and sense his surrounding. The mask has a symbol of a crescent moon but it does expose the colour of his green eyes and dark hair.
As they walk through the market, many slaves from different countries have been sold, since Lys is well known for its pleasure houses, training slaves in the arts of love and selling them as concubines and bed-slaves, it's their greatest sources of income. Tapestries, red and white wines are also being sold in the busy market as they also the speciality of Lys. It has been hard to keep up with Ash, as she been running around to see the different place, foods and temples while dragging Leo around.
As they continue thiere exploration, they found themselves walking past the Temple of trade and various temple that the Lysness people are worshipping. The temple of light is the biggest religion here, as their temples have been surrounded by devotees while the Red Priest and priestess preaching about thiere one true god.
"Leo, who temples are this...?" Ashara asks while holding his hand.
~Ambience~
Leo and the groups currently standing in front of temples, in the centre. A statue of a weeping woman, her face has been covered with a white veil as she currently wearing some sort of a white dress. On her hands, she carrying a bowl filled with water that has been falling to the ground.
"We are in the Temples of Weeping woman, Lys is well known for their beautiful nobles and bed-slaves. But they also famous for their poison, come I want to ask them something." He said while still holding her hand, they are guided by one of the Priests that look after the small Temples.
When they arrived, a large statue of the weeping lady can be found in the middle of the room. It was a small temple but you can see that it has been sweep clean every day, we were guided and greeted by the head Priestess.
"My name is Onalila Dynerah, I am the head priestess of this temple...may I know who you are ?", she asked cautiously due to the mask we wearing and the dark armour guards around us.
"Lady Priestess, I'm Ash and this is my husband Leo. Thank you for welcoming us" she said before Leo could say anything.
Leo was confused and shook that Ash has taken the lead and introduce them to her, her husband he thought. This did make him laugh internally but like what he hearing, Ash did notice the change of his facial expression from shock and turn into lust that Leo has to give her with his eyes.
Leo chuckles seeing that Ashara calling him his husband and also the fact that she took control of the situation, the priestess is an old crone but display a high dignity through the rag of cloth she wears. Ashara has introduced us as royalties from a fallen Kingdom, she did ask which fallen kingdom but we did not answer.
Not to pry the Priestess did not ask any further question, seeing the guards that been following them in silence does give her a sense of danger.
"My apologies your...grace." Onalila bowed respectfully, "may I ask why have come to our temple?", she asked.
"There no need to be cautious Priestess,", Leo said while inspecting the statues of Lady Lys in the centre of the room." you may or may not know that my...brother has been here learning the Art of poison from this temple", he told her while still inspecting the statues.
"my apologies you grace, but there are many people who come and seek the thing that we made. This old lady might not remember your brother that came to our temple",
"Well my brother told me of the place, and I was just curious.", He said and move toward Ashara.
"So your brother been here before Leo?". Ashara asked him.
"Yes...after the fight, he was sent here to be exile...with this paramour and told me of this place," he told her." What my brother told me there is a deadly poison that can only be made here, The tears of Lys.", he said and shifted his attention to the Priestess and told her, "I would like to purchase such poison from you". Leo asked the Priestess.
"Your grace, we do make such items. Please come this way, your grace", as she took them to a different room, as they arrived. The room has been littered with papers or documents made from sheepskins, there is no window and the smell of a mixture of herbs and blood that still linger in the air.
Onalila guided them into a secure room where the poison has been stored carefully, his guard has been instructed to wait outside while Onalila explains each poison that on display.
"Your grace...this is the Tear of Lys. This poison is tasteless and odourless, hence easier to hide. Dissolved in wine or water, it causes extreme sickness in the bowels and belly and kills very quickly. Not only is it difficult for the intended target to detect, but its effects are also subtle enough that they are easily mistaken for a very sudden and severe fever.", as she put the bottle of vial on the desk so Leo and Ashara can inspect it.
"The strangler is a rare and extremely deadly poison, which kills swiftly by making a person who has ingested it unable to breathe. The Tear of Lys is difficult to make, this due to the ingredient is rare, the strangler, on the other hand, we can make plenty of this", She told them and again put them on the table to let them inspect it.
"This is two of the many poisons that we made, however, we don't just give this away... your grace", she told him with a smirk.
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Back in the Villa, Leo and Ashara currently resting. After the long day of sightseeing, they made their way back to rest. In the living room, they sat on a sofa together with thiere mask.
"I hope you had fun today", Leo said
"Yes!, I had lots of fun. Thank you", she replied.
Ashara currently sitting next to Leo overwatching the sea of stars.
"Well, I'm glad.", he replied happily seeing her smile.
Roar~
"Aslan, I'm sorry that I left you here.", while Aslan rests his head on his lap. "Don't worry, I will take you with me from now on", he strokes his soft furs.
"Ash...do you know that Lys is controlled by 11 magisters and currently these magisters are not united and wanted to control the whole island."
"and you are one of them, yes?"
"Yes, that right", he laughs. "We will be expecting a guest soon", said and sip on his drink.
"oh! who is it?" she asked curiously.
"Arina Sunglass, Matriarch of the Sunglass House. Her family used to be a bed-slave that gain freedom and decided to stay in Lys, thiere main good is the Lys wines and wine house that they set up."
"so the reason she coming here would be?"
"I want her to join my ranks, I will help her take control of Lys and in exchange, she bends a knee to me."
"If she doesn't?"
"She will...she doesn't have any choice, serve me willingly or serve me unwillingly. Either way, she will serve me."
As they waited for the Guest to arrived, Leo has been enjoying talking with Ashara until the Shadowguard appeared and inform him that the guest has arrived.
Directed to the waiting room, Leo and Ashara enter the room where the guest is waiting.
"Lady Arina, thank you for accepting my invitation...Please sit.", Leo said and directed the beautiful noble and her guards. she sat facing Leo and Ashara while her guard standing behind her with a long-ass sword on their belts.
"I am Leonidas and this is my wife, Ashara .", he introduces themself.
"I am Arina Sunglass, from House Sunglass. I was told that you can solve my problem", she said.
"Ahh...yes, you wanted to control your family...is that right?", he looked at her which she replied with a nod. "I will help you...but in return, you will control Lys", he said which shook her.
"Lys is controlled by 11 magisters, our family is one of them. What do you mean?"
"Well is pretty easy really, if you swear your allegiance to me...I will make this happen. Once I rebuild my kingdom, Lys will be part of it"
"Rebuild?Kingdom?", she said confusedly.
"My husband and I are royalties from the fallen kingdom of Rhyone...he tasks by Mother Rhyone herself to rebuild the old kingdom!", Ashara informed her confidently.
"I will make you the head magister of Lys", Leo then conjures up a loyalties potion and pour her a cup and said," this is a loyalties potion, whoever drinks this potion will never betray me...and I want you to drink it", she said drop the cup in front of her.
Her guards behind her were shock and ready to draw swords but stop by the shadow guard that has a knife on thiere necks.
"If you drink this then I know you will never betray me, and if you drink this. You will be the ruler of Lys...golds, information and my men will guard you against assassination. You agree, then your family prospers. So what will it be?", he asked as he narrows his eyes giving her a predator looks.
"Stop scaring her!", she smacks Leo in the arm which defuses the tension. "Ariana, my husband and I are Rhyonar descended, he has been a task to rebuild and I'm sure that you know we do not discriminate against woman and also against slave.", She told her.
"Thank you, my lad.. your grace", she bowed toward Ashara with a little fear in her eyes toward Leo.
Because the tension has been lifted, Ashara took over the meeting. She explains that we wanted to rebuild the old kingdom Of Rhyonar, while we going to Volantis. We will supply her with gold and information that she needs to take over Lys, we will give her a loyalties potion and explain the effect. When she took over, she needs to increase Ly's defence and ships.
Agreeing Arina drinks the potion without question while her guards froze in place unable to move, Leo was unable to say anything but happy for Ashara and took control. That was the only eventful things that happen that night, as Ashara is too young he unable to do anything besides kissing her on the cheeks.
From now on, one of the shadow guards will help Ariana to take over Lys while letting his men doing the work he set courses to his next destination.
"But Leo, I thought we going to Volantis?"
"Well...I want a little adventure, and Aslan wanted to fight too", he told her while Aslan playfully bites him.
"Oh, where too? is it a hot place? or cold?"
"the south, Sothoryos....the creature there seem dangerous, wanna come with?", Leo asked her excitedly and Aslan Roar happily.
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AN: I feel like I'm finding information for you all that wasn't in the film lol.
I'm not sure who controls Lys, all I know is control by 11 magisters after the Daughter's war. So I had to make up Ariana Sunglass. This applied to the Priestess of the weeping woman, there not much information so I also made it up.
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