The City of Serathis, Empire Erengrad's Capital
The news of the Black Covenant's failure reached Dietrich at the same time the Borgia envoy rode through the gates of the imperial capital. The timing couldn't have been worse for him. As he paced in his chambers, furious over the silence from the assassins he had paid dearly to hire, the city below was alive with chatter about the arrival of the very people he wished destroyed.
The envoy made an imposing sight. Thirty Borgia knights rode at the front; their presence was truly a magnificent sight, with their warhorses four times larger than the usual horse. The Grand Duke themselves led them, seated tall in their saddle, wrapped in full armor that caught the sunlight and made them seem untouchable.
