Role

Chapter 5

She was the little raven princess, the onyx jewel of Hamsah! How could she
have fallen so low and so fast to being almost like a commoner! Araristara
refused to seek refuge among the filthy orphans in Balator for they were mere
rubish in her eyes. She was no street urchin or peasant and she refused to
debase herself as such.

However soon a second plan soon started to form in her devious little mind.
Ah yes, her father! Clearly someone of such power would have a place for a
daughter as beautiful as her! He would clearly welcome her into his household
for clearly the only reason he had yet to come for her was that her mother
must have kept him from her!

Presenting herself in her best garments, Araristara traveled to the Imperial
lands where she soon found the Imperial lord of which her mother always spoke
of. Perplexed as to why he was not happy to see his daughter, Araristara
simply blew off such a greeting and found her way in. Though the news in
which she was given did not go well for young Araristara. Her father did
promise her a path to glory and riches, though it would not be through his
name.

You see, he feared that if it had gotten out that she was his bastard child
that she would be used as a pawn within the Empire to force him submit to
others. To him, Araristara was nothing more then a pawn in a greater game and
he was not willing to risk his own wealth and power upon her. But what he did
promise her was that she would be given the glorious honor of taking the
blood oath once she was of age. To become a citizen of the Empire where
others were merely fodder, so that she could rise above the masses.