16. Uncrowned Kings

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Pollnagollum Caves - Court of Ulaidh “Our king is dead!" declares Mannix before an assembly of over a hundred Ulaidh leprechauns, all of which are dressed messily as if they’d been summoned urgently. "Yesterday, King Finn and Prince Diarmuid were ambushed by a group of Mumhan bandits aided by Trionaid knights. One of these murdered our king. This attack on our kingdom occurred while our King was returning home from the botched trial of murderer Cormac O’Gara.” The crowd jeers at the mention of Cormac"s name. “He walks free after being let off his charges,” Mannix continues to a crowd who gasps in disgust and outrage while chants and slanders are fired across the halls. "Mumhan coerced a Ulaidh clurichaun to make false claims about our king and discredit Ulaidh.” More slanders and shots

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