The Heroes of Light

[eternitynpc]

Who: All player characters
When: August 25th
Where: The Imperial Castle
What: The dinner with the empress to which all outworlders and native OCs were invited.
Warnings/Notes: N/A

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Empress Ramaa

[whirluendo_of_puns]

...Forgive me for derailing a bit, Your Imperial Majesty, but there is something that has been bothering me.

[This is all a lot to process... but intimidated or not, Uendo can't miss the chance to ask about the mystery that's been on his mind almost constantly these past few days.]

It's about that statue of a woman in the third district. Prime Minister Meghamaal told me it's based on one of the statues in the Pyramid of Ardynia -- the ones depicting four heroes who died to help the following generation fight the Goddess of Death. I got the impression they were different from the Heroes of the commonly accepted origin legend.

[He's also almost certain he already knows who that one statue is based on.]

I was wondering... Why pick that specific statue as a model? Does this woman have some special significance to the city?

[eternitynpc]

She has no significance at all. It was ultimately due to personal preference.

[ The empress closed her eyes. ]

When I was but a child, I visited the pyramid with my parents. I was quite taken by how different the legend was, as you noticed. And something I didn't quite understand happened... I cried. The legend depicted was sad and sorrowful, enough for a child to be uncomfortable. But it was the sight of this statue that caused me to cry. [A pause.] I never quite forgot how I felt on that day, and thus I decided to use this statue as a model for the third district's one.

[whirluendo_of_puns]

[He hadn't been sure what to expect, but this wasn't it. She had just... seen a depiction of Kalki and spontaneously broken into tears?

...Not the only instance someone had done that, come to think of it...]

I-I see... I suppose art can affect us in strange ways. No one knows who she is, then?

[eternitynpc]

You seem disappointed.

[ A pause. ]

Unfortunately no, the identity of those four heroes is a mystery.

[whirluendo_of_puns]

O-Oh, no... My apologies. Stories and legends are my bread and butter, so to speak. I can't help being curious.

[He hesitates for a moment. Should he tell her?]

...In any case, that was all I had to ask. Thank you.