In the year of the covenant 845, Dar Mikahil left no male heirs. His only daughter Albiana and his daughter son’s Barhuk both claimed the right of inheritance. Rather than choose between them, the Dumar decided to summon a Council of the Reaches to choose a new Dar. On the day before the announcement, Albiana commanded the warriors to imprison the entire Dumar as traitors to the Monarchia. Soon afterward, Barhuk chose a life of solitude and contemplation in a monastery, and no one challenged the rise of the first Darina in the history of Vasyllia.
-From “A Child’s History of Vasyllia” (Old Tales, Book I)
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Complications“Highness,” said Sabíana’s trembling maid—she trembled constantly these days— “the representative of the Dumar has been waiting to be admitted for the l
