96 Lanar Clan (1/2)
One day away from the first Ranking match.
As expected Elder Eldwin was going to blow up things when he arrived, as he alerted the servants and maids to set up a grand banquet at his request or to put it better at Teressa's.
After which they made no signs of refusal to his request and handled everything he asked for, from the date, location and all the decorations he had planned out. Many were unsure how he was able to get the Palace Heads to follow along with his request until they had seen Empress Samara leading the charge.
From this they knew Elder Elwin promised the woman something she couldn't turn down, it was this that put a fire not only under them to seek out more information on Samara but the current powers who were invited as well.
Both Heads of the Palace were following behind Samara as she instructed them that this event must be perfect, they had no idea what guest Elder Elwin had or what he said to Lady Samara for her to be so worked up. They simply followed her orders and made sure those below them did their very best for this 'event'.
”Just you wait 'wild one'” - Samara
The tall blond behind Samara was one of the two Heads of the Palace servants she was in charge of every female service member inside the entire Palace and gained this position without becoming the Emperor's woman. This fact is only known to those core members of the Empire, as many expect every female servant/maid to part of the Emperor's harem. This was also the reason everyone knew never to show any of the women in the Palace even a lowly servant girl disrespect.
Those first time visitors are quickly informed by guards, friends and the nobles that brought them in to never show any form of disrespect for the females inside the Palace especially the maids, the only time a maid was ever insulted ended up with blood being shed along with the rise and fall of large families.
The maid was a young girl from the Lanar Clan. Those years ago her Clan was part of the recently conquered Three Suns Empire. Their Clan head was close friends with the Emperor, so along with Three Suns many were sure that the Lanar Clan was soon to be eradicated. Seeing the young girl inside the Dragon Emperor's Palace as a maid proved them right, many then plotted to kill the young maid Natasha.
The plan was to slip poison into the food she was serving and kill her before she could deliver the food, this would show that their Clans only had the Emperor's best interest in mind, while at the same time as stopping a traitor.
They wanted to ruin the Lanar Clan to elevate their own not knowing the Emperor himself is immune to all poisons, as poison fills every cell in his body already.
The day they executed their plans was the day their Clans were removed from history, the framing was not the issue attacking Natasha was! How could anyone have known that the new Emperor had made every female in the Palace untouchable. The attack Natasha survived left her with a long slash on her back, she maintained it even though she could have had it healed to remind a 'certain' someone every time she enters his bed of his mistakes.
Natasha Lanar showed everylarge Family, Clan and Sect that the women that manage to enter the Palace are the most dangerous people within the Empire. Since that day everyone makes sure to inform all visitors of those past events, even going so far as to making a law they created and pushed into effect after Natasha was injured.
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The Head Maid was none other than Sofira Lanar mother of Natasha, the Head Butler was a middle aged man that looked to be in his early thirties. This was Edward Lanar standing next to his tall beautiful wife Sofira, they both worked their way into the positions of Palace Heads without using their daughters name as they both hid their statuses and no one expected one of the most powerful Families to work in the Palace of the one who brought down the Empire they helped build.
He was a tall well built man that kept his eyes closed most of the time, using only his will to sense the area around him. His black hair and eyes were the only thing Natasha inherited from him, she was unlike both her tall parents and was on the small side. She became a maid the same time her parents and most of her family did under orders from Three Suns himself.
At first the Lanar Clan suspected he wanted to offer them to the Emperor to gain a better standing or to keep his life. Soon many of their unmarried women were given the chance to join the secret training every maid was undergoing under the watchful eyes of Lady Valara, Sofira Lanar seen this as an opportunity to become a true power in this new Empire convincing everyone female even the married of their Clan to join.