At the break of dawn, the city bell rang over the capital with a resounding clang. It did so for every minute of every hour, until midday when the sun was high in the sky as the people gathered outside the palace.
The bell was only meant to be rung when a member of the royal family passed away. Initially everyone in the town square thought that the emperor had passed on in the middle of the night. Panic broke out among his loyal citizens, and they began to whisper amongst each other questioning what could have happened.
But clarification came swiftly, as a spokesperson from the palace informed the crowd that the bell was being rung in honor of Arman, as today was going to be his funeral.
Everyone in the palace wore white clothes to honor him, and a melancholic tone pervaded the palac
