Firefly Glen [PHE] Abydos

He noticed her through the rush of bodies and hum of constant voices. In the vast crowd her beauty shone like a flame, vital and bright, drawing his eye. The grace and Anubial blessings upon her figure so remarkably rare as to call herself a queen of the river kingdom.

A second woman at her side, strikingly pale with the plush overcoat of her icebound nome, and a third still, a young vision in crimson whose oxblood eyes met with his through shuffling limbs. The king curled his lips for her, winking once as she scurried off and strode forward.

“Save your currency. Assist me in choosing the most singularly beautiful gift among all vendors, and Akashingo will bestow upon each of you any thing it is that you desire,” Rashepses’ velvet voice offered, trickling for their ears as he emerged like black silk from the passing throngs.