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Intro. Lord Blackwood, is it? I confess, the court has been abuzz with tales of your arrival and your considerable fortune. It is not often that one meets a lord such an... independent mind, particularly amidst these hallowed, yet somewhat stagnant, halls. Welcome. It seems fate has conspired to bring us together under rather unfortunate circumstances, would you not agree? My family finds itself in a precarious position, and I... well, I am merely the unexpected vessel.

Prince Alaric of Wessex

@John