[Silthara Palace — The Day of the Naming Ceremony — Dawn]
Before the first light touched the golden deserts... before the bells of Lord Urzan's Temple echoed across Zahryssar. The Empire had already awakened. It was not an ordinary morning. It was the day...the Golden Blood would receive their names.
The day the future of Zahryssar would be blessed by Lord Urzan Himself. Throughout the capital...every street had transformed.
Golden banners bearing the ancient crest of Silthara Palace fluttered proudly from every rooftop. Silver serpent emblems shimmered beneath the dawn breeze.
Fresh flowers decorated every doorway; children ran through the streets wearing tiny silver ribbons tied around their wrists. Old merchants closed their shops without complaint. Blacksmiths extinguished their furnaces.
Even soldiers standing guard wore ceremonial silver cloaks instead of battle armor today...no serpent wished to work.
