This reached a culmination today, as the Justiciar advanced to the Palace of Rebma, only to be inundated in the huge mass of detritus which has been hanging above the city for years, held up by Rebman Sorcery, after Amber’s policy of dumping its refuse down onto Rebma had continued unabated for at least a decade.
Most of the Justiciar’s own forces had already quit the field, ordered back by Justiciar Duke Harvey, recently returned to the campaign, and Justiciar Countess Lucinda. The stalwart few who were with Osric when the roof fell in on the city were Justiciar Countess Dhalia, Duchess Callista of Rebma, and Lady Savannah of Rebma. Their whereabouts are not known at this time.
In the final analysis, this conflict has to go down as a defeat for Osric. He has gained no territory except a now uninhabitable pile of detritus, at an ocean floor depth of 30,000 feet. He has also captured no murderesses, and brought no guilty parties to justice. The so called accused either managed a skillful vanishing act from right under his nose, or have also choked in a ritual suicide by effluent and pressure. This particular reviewer, while accepting that practices in Rebma may well have been brutal and barbaric, nevertheless is not of the view that they would all have fallen on their metaphorical swords. Wherever they are, they will have survived, and if Osric and his supporters managed to get out alive, then it is clear that what they are smelling of is definitely not roses.
Viscount Charles Wellesley, on site correspondent with the forces of Justice in Rebma.
“May I present the Duchess Callista, heir of the late Duke Harmon, and holder of the title Duchess by virtue of being the eldest daughter of the Sister-Princess Deirdre of Rebma, from whence she has most recently come.” says Lord Harold.
