[Realm: Álfheimr]
[Location: Heart Kingdom]
[Pulchritudo]
[Banquet]
The size of the hallways they found themselves walking through still managed to impress Gretel, despite the turmoil that had been sitting uneasily in her stomach ever since she had agreed to come to the banquet. The marble walls stretched high above them, broken at intervals by massive pillars whose surfaces were threaded with elaborate golden decorations that seemed even more radiant whenever they passed. Expensive paintings filled the spaces between them, each framed in gold and depicting either scenes of battles, royal ceremonies, landscapes, or figures Gretel could not immediately recognize. Beneath their feet, a royal-blue carpet ran the length of the corridor, thick enough that their footsteps were almost completely swallowed by it.
It was beautiful.
Gretel's silver eyes wandered across the decorations for a moment longer before returning to the people ahead of them.
