Thursday, January 8, 2009

A letter ( heavily scented in the extreme) to the King of Stagonia

Your Majesty
I am part way through my journey to be with you. Our stars are in the ascendant. Together we are destined to rule in Stagonia,Saschen-Vindow and beyond. I pledge my love and loyalty to you. I ask for you to send an escort for me in order to hasten my arrival and offer me protection for my final leg of the journey. I shall be at " Crooked Kobold " inn just outwith the borders of Stagonia. I will await your reply at your soonest convenience.
Your loving Duchess

5 comments:

Prinz Geoffrey said...

I wonder if this letter was written prior to the involvement of the bandit escort. I hope nothing dangerous happens during the Duchess' ride. No! I want a chase and daring escape!!!

Bluebear Jeff said...

I wonder what her estranged husband the Duke knows or is doing about her activities and her journey?


-- Jeff

Frankfurter said...

A quick gander at the map shows that she will have to pass through the are of operations for Cut-me-own-throat Dilber, who will be happy to supply her and her secret escort with provisions ....
:)
A

abdul666 said...

So direct! But Stagonian rulers are not renowned for subtlety.

Among the servants maids in the Stagonian Palace one is seen by the others as a little crazy, for the pigeons she keeps in her small garrel chamber. Now she is fixing a little piece of parchment to the bird's leg while humming "Lord Randall my son".

abdul666 said...

We all know in Monte-Cristo the old barbarian epic ending with "I'll make her a queen in Aquilonia!".
But if the Duchess believes Ludwig will make her a queen in Stagonia, she is -surprisingly- a naive and innocent young thing.