King Shahiir calls together the Doctor Oria, the Knight Rue and her dragon Cedar, and the Bodyguard Campe Radamanthys Phellaxus, also known as Fella, to deal with an unprecedented threat. In the wake of the moon exploding and fitting back together, the Peninsula of Lyca has caught the attention of a soft-boned Valc'Kan named Hidae Okarra.

Intro:

Lord Hielithe finds the Examina, the Skeleton-Ghosts like King Shahiir, fascinating. The examina, the injured lord considers, are the only known species who could live theoretically forever. They’re the only ones who aren’t technically alive.

Not only that, but they seem to have an unnatural drive for power. Lord Hielithe hasn’t made it public, but privately he’s worried that the Examina aren’t what they seem to be. Most people seem to think that way, but The Lord of First Winter has an inside view. The King is an Examina. The captain of the guard is an Examina. So is the keeper of the treasury. So is the Mayor of Lunn’Kai.

Despite the Examina clearly being the smallest seat-holding species in the Kingdom due to their inability to reproduce naturally, they hold a disproportionate amount of government and military leadership seats...

In less than a year King Shahiir is supposed to step down and let someone else take the throne.

Lord Hielithe winces as he shifts slightly. He cares deeply for Fella, but the kid was a fool sometimes. In less than a year King Shahiir is supposed to step down as per the treaty that gave the Examina their seat in the council. The question Lord Hielithe keeps coming back to, again and again is:

Will the King honor the treaty?

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