The palace in Egorian is new, built after House Thrune took Cheliax; the old capitol was in Westcrown. It makes the summer villa of the Archduke look shabby by comparison. It makes Versailles, its best historical analogue, look shabby though admittedly mostly only because of things King Louis the 14th could not have helped, like the fact his gargoyles cannot prowl and his fountains cannot start in midair and his orchards cannot grow seductively golden apples that drive men mad.

The palace in Egorian is new, built after House Thrune took Cheliax; the old capitol was in Westcrown. It makes the summer villa of the Archduke look shabby by comparison. It makes Versailles, its best historical analogue, look shabby though admittedly mostly only because of things King Louis the 14th could not have helped, like the fact his gargoyles cannot prowl and his fountains cannot start in midair and his orchards cannot grow seductively golden apples that drive men mad.

The sky is flickering here, too.