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--- readable:saga:chessmaster.monarch:i [2025/10/24 20:08] – [1-2] anadmin
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 //<color #993333>"On the board, the King is too but a chess piece.\\
-If the king does not lead, how would any dare to follow?"</color>//[(Spoken by Cerydra.)]
+If the king does not lead, how would any dare to follow?"</color>//
 She lifted the <color #993333>king of the crystal pieces</color> high,\\
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 While the trembling citizenry knelt and prayed.
-//<color #993333>"There is no need to panic, the miracle is already here."</color>//[(Spoken by Cerydra.)]
+//<color #993333>"There is no need to panic, the miracle is already here."</color>//
 Under the banners dancing like waves,\\
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 ==== 1-3 ====
 <color #993333>Who would win?</color>\\
+The general who saved the city,\\
+Or the high and mighty with their privileged authority?
+The guillotine fell, severing the elder's life.\\
+The whispers dissipated, and the scales of victory tipped.
+//<color #993333>"From this day forth,\\
+I shall bring justice to the holy city."</color>//
+The people cried out her name and knelt in reverence,\\
+But were stopped by the sound of the scepter of authority striking the ground —\\
+//<color #993333>"Do not lower your heads beneath my crown."</color>//
+This was the first,\\
+And also <color #993333>the only Imperator</color>.
+----
+==== 1-4 ====
+<color #993333>Who would win?</color>\\
+The heroes bursting with ambition,\\
+Or the omnipotent gods?
+//<color #efe4B0>"The Imperator issued the decree:\\
+The start of the Flame-Chase Journey is at hand!"</color>//
+Perhaps drawn by the grand design to welcome the Era Nova,\\
+Or perhaps convinced by that king's great renown,\\
+Righteous warriors from across the land gathered before the Imperator's throne.
+On the day the journey began, the sky was an expanse of fluttering banners.\\
+The people gazed upon the overwhelming military alliance,\\
+A golden city reflected in their eyes.
+----
+==== 1-5 ====
+{{ :readable:saga:chessmaster.monarch:cerydra1-5.png?200|}}
+As for the end of that chess game,\\
+The scholars debate endlessly,\\
+But such discussions always end with a sigh.
+The invincible Imperator faded at the pinnacle of power.\\
+The crown's flames extinguished in the lake.
+The banner once revered by the people,\\
+Along with the broken spears of the heroes, now a tomb.
+The people said,\\
+//<color #efe4B0>"Even the sovereign that conquers all before her, is no match for fate."</color>//
+Yet she said,\\
+//<color #993333>"In a war with fate, has there ever been any justice?"</color>//