Roland City, the manor of the Devalu family.
To celebrate the completion of renovations on the three-hundred-year-old Royal Manor located in the suburbs, a grand ball is underway, one worthy of being recorded in the annals of court history.
Huge crystal chandeliers hang like inverted glaciers, reflecting dazzling lights that illuminate the entire hall as if it were daylight. Countless nobles in splendid attire dance gracefully in the ballroom, their swirling skirts like blooming tulips.
The court orchestra is playing ancient and melodious tunes, hymns that praise the glory of the Devalu family. The soothing melody drowns out the occasional cold wind outside the windows and masks the heavy sighs of this ancient kingdom.
King Theodore Devalu sits atop a platform draped in dark red velvet, his aged fingers lightly tapping the armrest in time with the music.
