appellations
August 27, 2024 7 min read Completed
They call them Adaar the Mage-Traitor. In the Winter Palace, bold Orlesian nobles whisper of Adaar the Usurper-King. And disquieted by their curved horns and towering stature, they declare them Adaar the Savage-Ox.
In remote places where the Empress’s grasp does not reach, they’re known as Adaar the Fair, the Just, the Gentle. The Captain decides he likes that better: it rolls off smoother on the tongue.
Warden Blackwall does not like it.
He thinks it corrupt.