Crown of Chaos

June of the year 1365 in the Vale Calendar, the second day of the Battle of Baldur's Gate.

The dawn had just risen, and the priests of Lathander had already played the song of the high heavens. In the dilapidated city of Baldur's Gate, the priests of the Lord of the Morning played the organ, and then the priests of Tymora, the goddess of luck, played the organ. Coins were taken out of the basket and sprinkled on the coffin.

In this disaster, nearly 80,000 people died in Baldur's Gate. The body of Takshi, the Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate, was contained in the huge and majestic long coffin. According to Takshi's hometown, the Blackwater region of Karatu According to the custom, the Baldur's Gate City Council specially asked Gond craftsmen to quickly make a nine-headed dragon-shaped sculpture in front, forming a grand occasion of "Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin".

As for the coffin bearers, Baldur's Gate respected Grand Duke Tucker's last wish and selected seven Suni Church dancers wearing ties and black suits and black jackets to carry the coffin, while Shares Church was responsible for playing beside them. A blast of music.

The coffin was golden, with the golden double-headed eagle and the holy emblem of Gorge Mao engraved on it. The whole body was shining with a scorching light. The watchers and Flame Fist who had survived the battle were lined up in a row, with the commander of the Flame Fist, Il. Duke Tan stood at the head, and on the other side were the Silver Dragon Knights who came to join the battle, headed by Aaron.

The Silver Dragon Knights lost more than thirty people in the Battle of Baldur's Gate, and now there are only more than sixty people left, but their souls have returned to Aaron's arms. As long as they are properly recast, these battles can be restored. The dead Silver Dragon Knights have a chance to be resurrected.

Neat roads line both sides. Today, Baldur's Gate is packed with people. All the people of Baldur came to pay their respects to the Grand Duke of Takshi. Viscount Aaron of Cormyr and his companions, the elf princess Buyel, and the legendary power dragon Egil. Standing at the forefront with their heads held high, the church army, the High Priest of Gond, the Three Holy Warriors of Justice, Kedon Reynard, and the local and reclusive legendary strongmen of Baldur's Gate stood slightly behind.

As the priest of Tymora scattered the last two gold coins for Takshi, the priest Cyric, as the representative of the god of the dead, closed the coffin. Until this moment, all the Bode clan nobles saluted Takshi, accompanied by the god's The blessing fell on Takshi's coffin, and the only two remaining Grand Dukes of Baldur's Gate, Antar-Silvershield and Duke Iltan, came to Aaron and introduced themselves to him.

Anta Silver Shield is a very typical image of a middle-aged nobleman, full of energy and ambition. In his sixties, he is not a very good warrior, but a very good politician and nobleman. He has indeed been thinking about Baldur's Gate, and he is also thinking about his own family. The Silver Shield family has controlled several very important trade routes in Baldur's Gate. This war is a blow to the Silver Shield family. , but it also means a lot of opportunities.

When Duke Iltan became Duke Baldur in Anta-Silver Shield, he was just a squad leader of Flame Fist. The friendship and cooperation between Anta-Silver Shield and Duke Iltan began at that time. With the support of Antar-Silver Shield, Tan rose through the ranks and gradually became the commander-in-chief of the Flame Fist. One of these two men controlled the Baldur Navy and the other controlled the Baldur Army, becoming the two most powerful people in Baldur's Gate. Duke.

Unlike Duke Antar-Silvershield, Duke Iltan always makes a rational and fair voice in the Parliament of Baldur's Gate. Although Duke Iltan does not always stand on the side of justice, he has no It is doubtful that Duke Iltan represents the interests of the common people more. He is far more popular among the common people than the other three dukes. He symbolizes judicial independence and the spirit of free rule of law.

However, according to Nestia's investigation when she was disguised as Madame Julia, the two dukes were allies in the truest sense. They were each responsible for supporting their own forces and forming a risk hedging mechanism. They both competed and worked together. xenophobic.

"I don't know what you and Takashi talked about, but I hope that you will not interfere in Bode's internal affairs." Anta Silver Shield looked at the several Suni dancers who were carrying the coffin with a complex expression, and turned to Ya Len said: "We can be friends, Cormyr is far away from here, isn't it?"

"Of course, I have always respected the tradition of Baldur's Gate's autonomy and the system of the Four Dukes Council." Aaron nodded under Antar-Silver Shield's burning eyes.

"Then the Silver Shield family will always be your customer, Lord Salian." Anta Silver Shield said without hesitation: "The Silver Chamber of Commerce will get a piece of high-quality land in the upper city, and your people will always get it in Baldur's Gate. Preferential treatment, I promise.”

"I promise too."

"I'm very sad about what happened to Takshi, but also very lucky." Anta Silver Shield saw that the negotiation went smoothly, and he felt a big stone in his heart. What the old Duke was worried about was that Aaron participated in Baldur's Gate as a city hero. Internal affairs, if so, his alliance with Iltan may have difficulty resisting Aaron's invasion: "In times of crisis, we need him, but the war is over."

Aaron understood what Anta-Silver Shield meant.

In a state of war, Baldur's Gate can tolerate a "dictator". When the war is over, Baldur's Gate no longer needs a dictator.

However, if Tucker takes advantage of the power of victory and the political correctness of rat-proofing and insists on continuing to serve as the Grand Duke, the remaining two Dukes will not be able to stop it. Then as time goes by, the tradition of Baldur's Gate will be destroyed. If it is broken, the status of free ports and trade capitals will inevitably be greatly affected.

Antar Silver Shield and Duke Iltan's attitude towards Takshi's death was "joyful and pity". They were glad for Takshi's death and sad for the hero's sacrifice. They took out a lot of real money. Hold the most solemn funeral for the hero of Baldur's Gate without hoping that Takshi will really be resurrected.

This played into Aaron's plan. Didn't Billak want to disguise himself as a human hero to absorb faith?

It was just the right time to create a truly spectacular event that would leave a deep impression on others and engraved the image of "this man is gone" into the national DNA, when everyone thought Tucker was dead. , then the concept of "death" will be added to Bilak.

Even if Billak announces, "I'm back after winning the Easter match," do you think everyone will believe it?

"I heard that you are not married yet." Duke Anta-Silver Shield asked just right: "Have you ever considered my daughter Shi Ji?"

As soon as these words came out, before Aaron had time to reply, he immediately felt a few eyes behind him like thorns on his back.

Since they had to attend the funeral, Eleanor, Charlotte, Egil and others all put on standard black mourning dresses with opaque black silk pantyhose, and wore black top hats with only a little hair accessories. Even so, the four beauties with different temperaments in mourning clothes and black stockings still attracted countless gazes present (Nestia, as Lady Julia, stood among the ranks of the nobles of the Bode clan).

As expected of the charismatic Sir Aaron Salian, you are so blessed.

Upon hearing this topic, all eight eyes, including Buyer's, were locked on Aaron.

Eleanor sneered, Charlotte smiled coquettishly, Buyer blinked with interest, and the great dragon Egil slapped Aaron on the back: "Oh, servant, your charm is good!"

"I have a girlfriend." Aaron, who was under great pressure, said to Duke Anta Silver Shield.

Aaron, who has played Baldur's Gate, also has some impressions of Antar, the daughter of Duke Silvershield. He remembers that this duke's daughter appeared repeatedly in the Baldur's Gate series. In the end, it seemed that she ran away with a bard?

"Who stipulates that a person can only marry one wife?" Anta Yindun had an indifferent attitude. He deliberately glanced behind Aaron and raised his voice: "I have two wives in my manor. Will Sir Salian be unable to find blessings from two different gods?"

"Then how about waiting for me to go back and ask the regent, Her Highness Alice Ser?" Aaron countered calmly: "I told her that Duke Anta Silvershield of Baldur's Gate wanted to marry his daughter Shi Ji. Should I let the Queen make the decision?"

This time it was Anta Silver Shield's turn to remain silent. The cunning Duke had already understood Aaron's subtext.

This kid... Anta Silver Shield now believes that Aaron has indeed unintentionally interfered with the internal affairs of Baldur's Gate.

He wants to be the prince of Cormyr!

"It's my turn to play." Seeing that the situation was almost over, Aaron expressed his apologies to Anta Silver Shield and Duke Iltan, and walked towards the center of the funeral.

The two Dukes of Baldur's Gate and Eleanor were left behind, but before Eleanor could speak, Duke Iltan took the initiative to speak: "Yesterday, the representative of the golden dwarves reported that after the battle, the accounting house was occupied by a group of thieves. Unidentified robbers wearing hoods robbed Bode citizens of a total of 280,000 gold coins in savings and valuables. Miss Eleanor and Miss Charlotte, do you have any clues?"

"Uh..." Charlotte and Eleanor immediately closed their mouths.

Fortunately, Duke Iltan had no intention of pursuing the matter further, and the two parties stopped the topic with a tacit understanding.

At this moment, the great dragon Egil clapped his hands excitedly: "It's begun, the servants are about to start performing!"

The end of the cemetery has been prepared for Aaron's arrival. The priests of Cyric, the King of the Dead, have specially set aside an ancient stone platform for Aaron's performance. This ancient marble platform is located on many Phi Khanates. Surrounded by statues of brave warriors, the lights are brightly lit by braziers filled with incense.

Everything was ready on the platform, and the nobles of the Bode family in colorful robes gathered here just to see Aaron perform in person. The children's choir was all in place. Aaron bowed to everyone. He did his best. Smile freely and greet the noisy sea of ​​people with absolute calmness and peace.

Today's protagonist is not him, or at least not entirely him.

A group of people regard a dark and evil original demon prince as a hero, but Be'lakor did contribute to Baldur's Gate and even to Aaron's final fight against the Horned Rat. This strong sense of dislocation made Aaron's The hearts intertwined into a whirlpool of excitement.

I am the Son of Chaos, I am the Emperor's Custodian, I am the Lord of the Golden Law, and I am the Lord of Reincarnation.

Aaron warned himself thus - never fall into such arrogant conceit.

The band played, with a light and hollow beat, and Aaron's performance began.

The song he is going to sing for Takashi is "see you again".

“It’s been a long day~without you my friend~ (without the company of old friends, the days are really long).”

"When I meet you again, I will open my heart and tell you everything~"

"Looking back, we have gone through a long journey hand in hand~"

"When I meet you again, I will open my heart and tell you everything~"

"when I see you again (when I meet you again)~"

The magnetic singing sounded from the cemetery, and Tucker's coffin slid into the cemetery as tens of thousands of Bode people watched. The quiet bass was ethereal and beautiful, causing thousands of people to burst into tears.

They were not weeping entirely for Takshi, but for the lost residence, for the wealth that was taken away, for their dead relatives and for the Baldur's Gate that was no longer the past. They cried for the once glorious place in the past. The era is gone forever, and after experiencing such a catastrophe, it will take a long time for Baldur's Gate to regain its former prosperity.

Singing and singing, the chorus spread from one side of the crowd to the other.

Aaron himself was truly moved. He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, recalling his friends, his relatives, his peaceful life, and...that man.

Boss, I miss you.

Aaron's performance was an unimaginable success. Everyone burst into tsunami-like cheers at the end of the song, and tears of joy flowed along countless faces.

Even Nestia, who was disguised as Lady Julia, cried. She was definitely not crying for Takashi, but for her own past. She also experienced too much during this trip to Baldur.

There are also Buyer, Eleanor, and Charlotte. Everyone has experienced a lot during their trip to Baldur. Even the maid Kyoka couldn't help crying - she was crying for her uncertain fate.

Only Egil always smiles - is there anything that makes me sad?

Music is the most primitive language of mankind. With his song "See You Again", Aaron touched the heartstrings of tens of thousands of people, thus firmly binding Tucker's image to this song and his death. together.

Aaron thus mixed a lot of things into Beelak's kingdom worship.

The original demon prince's path to becoming a heroic god was suddenly blocked by Aaron. Not only that, when everyone thinks of Takshi, they will automatically think of this song, and they will automatically think of Aaron, who has faith and reverence. Half of the power will be taken away by Aaron.

As soon as the song ended, the audience burst into thunderous applause, and Aaron accepted everyone's congratulations calmly.

Coming down from the marble platform, a mage stood in front of Aaron.

"Very good song, brought me back to life, love from the Chief Council of Ser."

The visitor took off his hood, with a rosy complexion on his high cheekbones, and under his long white hair, his black eyes were full of smiles: "Hello, Mr. Aaron Salian, may I ask? When will a great Salian celebration be held?”

"I can't wait to read the seventh volume of Salian and the next story of the 'Lord of Mankind'."

Aaron recognized this "acquaintance."

Serge’s red-robed chief—Sazastan!