by Nicholas Killewald

Friday, September 5, 2025

Over a scene of a humble, happy King Terakol standing among his fellow dwarf subjects cheerfully going about their daily business, Vince's narration continues: "I have noted in past entries about how King Rogald Terakol is a quiet monarch of few words, one who rules his kingdom with calm subtlety." A new scene, however, depicts King Terakol, while still happy, now celebrating with a small cheering crowd of dwarves in a pub, merrily wielding two mugs of ale. Vince writes: "I have now been informed this is not exactly true." We now see King Terakol giving a rather animated speech before a large crowd of dwarves as Vince continues: "According to Ogin, the king has historically been a very charismatic and celebratory ruler, to put it lightly. I was never aware of this; I guess that's what I get for never having been on any diplomatic trips to Terakol in my days with Landis. His relative silence is a recent development, one which Ogin started to notice around a year ago, shortly before my self-imposed exile here." Within Castle Terakol, we now see Ogin walking past two other dwarves, each wearing outfits consistent with other castle officials, a detail I stumbled across when checking past comics for reference and which nobody else will probably remember. The two unnamed dwarves seem suspiciously content about something; one is looking over a clipboard with approval. Ogin is very suspicious. Vince continues: "It was also around this time he noticed new, unfamiliar faces in Castle Terakol. Faces which spent a lot of time talking with each other and the king, and not with his existing council." A simple shot of Vince writing this journal accompanies his next lines: "Though I do not have the time or context to go into full detail here, much of Ogin's discussion was pointing out a very alarming amount of abnormalities like these. If all of this is true, it is greatly disturbing; the compromised rule of King Terakol, the monarch of a nation so closely allied with Landis, could have dire consequences for both kingdoms." We conclude with a shot of a hallway in Castle Terakol, one whose walls have portraits of past rulers of the nation, each of which are wearing the same outfit and crown. As Vince is about to mention, the crown, while golden and set with numerous gems, is asymmetric; it is made of seven points, two of which are taller than the others, the remaining five being unbalanced around the circumference. Otherwise, the outfit consists of a greyish collared shirt and a somewhat pea-soup-green cape with brownish-green trim. Vince's narration: "Unrelated, I have also learned some of the other eccentricities of the Terakol monarchy, such as the asymmetric crown and the seemingly plain regal attire, are normal. You learn something new every day."
 
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