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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goddess FallenAngel" data-source="post: 1666210" data-attributes="member: 11434">Prologue: Flora's Journal, Day OneThe Castle is abuzz with rumour and activity - sound and fury, signifying nothing. It has been two weeks since anyone saw or spoke to Fiona, and Julian's rangers have just this night reported that Morgenstern is charging about Arden unridden. The recently-returned young Prince Orion offered to take temporary command of the rangers, but Bleys returned immediately from Shadow at Random's request and used the rangers to organize a search of Arden for Julian or evidence of his whereabouts. Those efforts continue even now.Even more disconcerting is the news that Benedict has been unreachable for days. What could possibly have happened to HIM? Caine fears that two or three such disappearances is an obvious prelude to attack, and he assembles the navy even now for a fierce wargame and drilling to maintain their readiness. King Random is still relatively new upon the Throne - he looks to Corwin for advice. Corwin is a rock for him, but I sense Corwin's wanderlust taking hold day by day. I believe he tires of languishing within these walls; he craves action and the search for the enemy of Amber that would dare assault the children of Oberon.Vialle's is the coolest head in the castle - she counsels patience even now. Fiona is a skilled sorceress, she says - surely her work takes her to strange locales for long periods of time. Benedict might as well be practicing commando tactics in the field, she says - and he would not take Trump calls during such intense concentration. And Julian lacks Caine's taste for carousing, but Vialle asked Gerard to search the taverns of Amber City, just in case.We received word today that a delegation from House Hendrake of Chaos has requested an audience with the King in seven days' time. It is not an official delegation from Chaos itself - just their House. I know not what to make of their request, ostensibly to discuss 'security and possible trade issues', but the timing could not be worse. Random accepted the request, but he worries that without Benedict to advise him militarily, he will make some mistake in the negotiations to Amber's disadvantage.The Golden Circle holds fast to Amber's allegiance - they know naught of these troubling developments. It is good - if Chaos is indeed mobilizing in our time of apparent weakness, the Golden Circle will need our support - and vice versa. I will travel as emissary of Amber to Begma this week to renew a multi-faceted import agreement. I sometimes wonder if a grand project might be undertaken to create steppes on the side of Kolvir to raise food crops, so that we might not be -so- dependent on sea traffic for the sustenance of our citizenry, the efforts of Baron Bayle aside.The King has begun to consider recalling what children of Amber we can from off in Shadow - who knows what menace threatens them as well as us? There are a few who are currently in residence - Shiro, Orion and Killashandra. Random's own son Martin has flatly refused to even answer Trump contacts - and with good reason, I think. Corwin has asked Random and Bleys to leave Merlin alone, and they acceded to his wishes. And that ghastly Vorus hasn't been seen or heard from in some time - I must thank the Unicorn for the mercies we are shown.The sky is grey tonight, but I do not believe it will storm. It is a tense and unpleasant sky, filled with the promise of wroth undelivered. It merely provides all here with a sense of dread as to what is to come.Florimel, Daughter of OberonWritten by SisyphusX</blockquote>

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