"Welcome Princess Artha, the men and I are honoured by your presence."
She was in many ways the picture of Lordaeron's ideal. Clad in azure plate trimmed in gold, her long blonde braid twitching slightly in the gentle breeze from the south as she strode into the encampment, flanked by a pair of footmen as her bodyguards. Princess Artha, heir to the throne and champion of her people, heavy two-handed warhammer slung easily over one shoulder as she approached the fire, swinging down to impact the dirt with a heavy *thump* as she finally relieved herself of its weight.
"Enough with the formalities Uther, I'm not Queen yet."
It was a far cry from a grand war camp or a military parade ground. A couple of hastily-constructed sentry posts, a handful of tents in the wilderness, a half dozen more footmen hacking at training dummies. Had the princess stood where her mentor and friend did she knew she would have been out of place but for all that Uther Lightbringer was a noble paladin, he seemed perfectly at home as the centrepiece to this scene.
A smile curled at the blonde's lips as she took him in, a little glilnt in her eyes speaking to something more than mere friendship between them as her voice warmed. "It's good to see you."
She was in many ways the picture of Lordaeron's ideal. Clad in azure plate trimmed in gold, her long blonde braid twitching slightly in the gentle breeze from the south as she strode into the encampment, flanked by a pair of footmen as her bodyguards. Princess Artha, heir to the throne and champion of her people, heavy two-handed warhammer slung easily over one shoulder as she approached the fire, swinging down to impact the dirt with a heavy *thump* as she finally relieved herself of its weight.
"Enough with the formalities Uther, I'm not Queen yet."
It was a far cry from a grand war camp or a military parade ground. A couple of hastily-constructed sentry posts, a handful of tents in the wilderness, a half dozen more footmen hacking at training dummies. Had the princess stood where her mentor and friend did she knew she would have been out of place but for all that Uther Lightbringer was a noble paladin, he seemed perfectly at home as the centrepiece to this scene.
A smile curled at the blonde's lips as she took him in, a little glilnt in her eyes speaking to something more than mere friendship between them as her voice warmed. "It's good to see you."