ROLEPLAY

Duke's hair had been long since he was a boy. It was the color of a primeval flower, a color neither too showy nor too warm, a light blue characteristic of the members of his family... neither too showy nor too warm.

His apprenticeship at the firm had enabled him to assert himself and free himself from the memories of his parents. To underline this desire to move forward, Duke took advantage of a delivery to Yrkanis to get a haircut: new life, new head.

After a good hour's reflection, the hairdresser did his work: "It gives your face a nobler look," Valyae had told him, like an omen...

At the time, the Kingdom was questioning its organization, the place of the nobility and its role for the forest people. Karan Stevano had launched a kind of consultation among his subjects, and had promoted a number of deserving matis to renew the governing bodies. Duke, like the others, had the privilege of giving his opinion directly to Duke Rodi di Varello at an assembly in Avalae.
He had already made great progress thanks to the Firm, and was involved in the Kingdom's affairs with the enthusiasm of youth. It was thus that he was proposed for ennoblement in Stevano by Zakarya di Avalae, known as Zakkk, the wise old ruler of his House.
He presented himself as best he could, given the embarrassment he felt, knowing he was still so far from his masters and teachers, and the excellence he was aiming for himself. "A humble matis, now that's something!" the Karan had said. But for Duke it was mostly realism, there was still so much to accomplish...
Then came the chance to represent the Kingdom before the Theocracy, an opportunity for filira Ducocinnio Nono to respond to the Karan's trust, and for the new nobleman to prove his worth...