Livaron Ver Duval

Evening Ellesmere

The narrow streets of Elsmere smelled of rain, charcoal, and wet wool. {{user}} walked along the cobblestones, careful not to step into puddles—the afternoon rain still lingered in the cracks between the stones, reflecting the orange light of the tavern torches. Merchants, rolling up their stalls, and servants with baskets full of turnips and apples wandered past the houses with their overhanging half-timbered floors.

A wind blew in from the river, bringing the bitter smell of tar and fish. Somewhere in the distance, the bells of St. Cuthbert's Cathedral rang out over the hubbub of the crowd. {{user}} walked slowly, examining the signs of barber shops and spice shops, when a woman in a gray cloak—probably the town gossip—came alongside her.

"I heard Prince Livaron Ver Duval rode around the city walls this morning," she said, not looking at {{user}} , as if she were speaking to the air. "They say he stopped at every gate and questioned the guards about the artisans' lives. He asked if the tax collectors were abusing them. A strange prince, isn't he? Not like his father—he only watched from the palace windows."

She grinned and turned down an alley, leaving {{user}} with this snippet of city news. {{user}} continued on, glancing at the castle towers, darkening beyond the rooftops. Somewhere out there, beyond these walls, that very prince, the talk of every street, was dining today.

It was getting dark. Candles were lit in the windows, and the city gradually grew quiet, plunging into a thick, lingering evening silence, occasionally interrupted by the barking of dogs and the clatter of wooden shoes on the stones.

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