176 Prologue II - Aid

Late Fall, Season of Reddening Leaves 

Daedalus, Flying Dreadnought of the Republic 

The skies above the Republic were sunny and blue, the outlines of every fluffy white cloud clearly visible. Yet close observers watching the sky might have noticed the occasional misshapen cloud, warped and curled at their edges or parted down the center like some enormous mass had passed through them. 

And yet, the skies were clear. Such was the marvelous cloaking of Daedalus, the flying ship of the Elven Republic and widely considered its true capitol with how much time the Imperator Lucius Vindicus III spent on it.

Few would blame Lucius.