"Fear not… It"ll wear off… Thankfully long enough to get some quiet here," the regent says, followed by a brief laugh from everyone. "It"s a shame; some of you are suited to permanent mutism," he whispers loud enough for people on stage to hear but not the audience. Then with a wide spread of his arms, he declares:
"Two candidates, before you… In what is extraordinary circumstances. They will fight for their right of succession to the throne. Such circumstances have not been seen in this land in over a thousand years. This is thanks to the peace and civil order our society has been gifted. A peaceful transition of power is what differentiates us from the barbaric humans of Eiru. We are not without our brutish ways, and today we must temporarily take a step back to age-old methods… But it
