Everything Must Go! ~ by SaralynArati

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The first thing the newly unwed pair do is to review the structure and personnel of the army and navy, since soldiers or sailors who essentially sit around dithering until they see which way the wind is blowing, are deemed... unsatisfactory by Galad and Rian. All those who preferred not to commit are reassigned by the king and queen to pirate patrols at sea, which is where most of the military ends up, or smuggling and banditry raids on land. Soon Shooting Star finds she has less pirate prey.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Another measure designed to appeal to the hearts of the common people of the islands is that, during this three day period and every third anniversary of it, a huge holiday is declared wherein basically the rulers feed and entertain everyone within range, and set up fairs for those who are too far away to travel to the castle. It was inevitable, of course, that there would be some grumbling among the nobility who might have been chosen as the next lucky royal couple, but all they did was gripe.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Since neither can use the castle for three days, he spends the time aboard the more military Firebrand, and she aboard the Swan, which is smaller but more comfortable. Then their prospective bride and groom are fetched, both charmingly willing to be called the Grand High Spouse, and the weddings are performed by appropriate clerics, since Shooting Star flatly refused to do the honors as a captain at sea. A fancy legal document is drawn up specifying joint rule by Galad and Rian, and it's done.

10 years ago