Alaric’s Diary part 9: The Fae Summit

In The Doom that Came to Amber

22^nd Bull 3658

I was asked to attend Julian for a meeting after breakfast the following morning. I was not minded to join my relatives for breakfast after my fit of pique with Mira but I got up at my new early time and painted through until the meeting was due to start. For some reason a servant was sent to fetch me.

Julian wanted to a chair a meeting about the current problems in the Golden Circle. The Overseer outlined the touch points namely: Faerie; Begma-Kashfa-Sapphire; Amethyst; Pearl; Cordoba; Rebma; Zircon. Julian will visit Rebma himself; Bleys is dealing with Zircon and some of us have already been requested to attend the meeting with Faerie, which will take place on the 24th Bull. Our information on the Begma situation is too patchy and I may either lend my Trump of Lyon Abbey or go through myself to investigate for the Prince Regent. Aylwin, or someone with Sorcery would better serve our needs methinks.

I spent the next few hours in the Receiver’s Office doing my duty and then visited the Overseer to take up his offer of his Trump card of Amethyst and arrived opposite the Mage’s Palace. His flag was at half-mast and I was a little downcast to realise that my great-grandfather was dead. The Guard did not admit me to the Palace so I returned to Asmark to update him.