Highblood HoldoutsHer Imperious Condescension's domination of the Alternian mainland was swift and brutal, but she was not entirely unresisted. As the Condesce's empire spread, pockets of highblood resistance remained scattered across the continents.
The definitive battle of the Condesce's global conquest occurred at the Battle of Hightop Hill, where the overstretched Seadweller forces stood locked in a perigees-long siege against an enclave of particularly determined Circus Cultists. The siege came to an end only after the Empress herself arrived, negotiations culminating in a political moirallegiance with the leader of the Cultists, the Grand Highblood. Although the original Hightop has been lost to antiquity, the consummation of this historical pale union was recorded on the wall of the Center Ring in one of the earliest surviving records of a 'shipping wall'. Although the Offishal Portrait is a matter of Imperial record, the candid sketches from the session shed a more playful and informal light on the politically pale couple. The complete folio, and commentary from the Empress and her new moirail, is now available for viewing. |
The famous Offishal Morayeels portrait. Compare the stiff formality and classic posing to the looser, more candid sketches of the folio.
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