Chapter 14: A Tavern MeetingWhen dragonlets rule the city street,
the winding road and trails,
that’s the time when old roads meet
to share their weary tales.
– a song
The waning quarter moon passed, and candidates for the position of governor put themselves forward, meeting with the old governor’s advisors in an endless round of dining and drinking. The guard chief put himself forward, as did the younger son of the Naramun prince, but it was clear from the beginning that Parnet had at most one serious rival: Tanest. Tanest was a better man and better liked in the city, but Parnet had most of the princes on his side, along with all but two of the guilds. The two reluctant guilds were the chroniclers and the swordsmiths, and Parnet railed against them when he was alone with his closest
