 Originally Posted by Helius
When the guards were ordered to let Andromeda and her guards pass through the gate of Osgiliath, they could see a grand city of art, poetry and education. Though the city is still nothing that advisor Ornendil has in mind, it is a beautiful and harmonious city where education and art are very important to the people of Gondor. When they passed the streets up to the house of Ramon Ghash (house of art), they could see many monuments such as statues in honor of Castamir, Elendil, Isildur and the long lost waned kings of Numenor now almost forgotten by the people. While Andromeda walked through the streets of Osgiliath they were guarded by female Dunédain rangers who told her King Teldumeir was a proud and strung king and should not be insulted without repercussions.
“Whatever. You should be serving a Queen; one who is blessed and descendent from the goddesses. Like say… ours,” the Amazonian ambassador says to them with a smile.
Originally Posted by Helius
The hall opened. The king remained quiet and thought to himself, look who we get here; troublemakers. The king stood up and looked into Andromeda's eyes for a few minutes. It looked like both were fighting in thoughts as both didn't speak to each other for a while. It took Teldumeir all his strength not to order his citadel guards to capture them and to execute them as would happen by most offenders of court etiquette. Suddenly the Queen whispered in his ears to calm down, and so he offered Andromeda and her guards to take a seat in front of him and his wife, Elfwing, Queen of Gondor.
“So you're diplomats of Amazonia… I have heard from Gandhara that you are a very isolated nation, so it surprises me to see diplomats from Amazonia in Osgiliath here. Citadel Guards: bring wine and chicken to eat!
May I present you my wife, Queen Elfwing of Pelargir of an old world?” The queen stood up and followed the Gondorian tradition of giving a kiss on the hands of diplomats.
“I think she could introduce herself, you know,” Andromeda says while offering her other hand to be kissed as well (she liked the feel of Elfwing’s lips on her skin). “And yes, Amazonia is a relatively isolated nation that keeps to itself, but… the strength and power of Gondor is becoming evident. Rebel forces seem to disintegrate before you. Probably due to your women warriors. We rather deal with you sooner than later.”
Originally Posted by Helius
Elfwing sits again, and Teldumeir began to talk about his proud history and long lost forgotten kings of Gondor. He goes even further in history to the kings of Numenor, whom he talked highly of. Once he finished talking, Queen Elfwing began to speak about the education she enjoyed and said she's a proud creator of stone sculpture to improve Gondor's prestige.
Andromeda rolls her eyes and looks bored until the king finally shuts up. She asks Elfwing about some of her works: what are the subject matters of her sculptures? What type of stone does she use?
Originally Posted by Helius
“Anyway, let's go to business. You propose trade agreements, am I right? If so we would gladly accept. We will send female builders to Amazonia in exchange for these powerful composite bows you speak of. As for the silk and pottery we gladly accept this in exchange for the fine armour of Gondor. The armour of Gondor is yet to be rivaled,” he said. “It is agreed upon.
Do you wish anything other than the agreement we have?”
Suddenly the people in the streets began to celebrate and the whole court went to the beacons to see what is happening. It soon became clear that Madril won another series of victories against the rebel scum. Teldumeir soon began to smile along with Queen Elfwing who began to celebrate the victories down in the streets with the population.
“Oh and I'm not old. I'm a Dunédain king; we have a long history of long lives as we have superior blood in our veins. By any calculations I'm a young king, considering there were kings of 250 years old in middle earth. Is there anything else I can do for you?
I advise you to come back in a few years if you are allowed to do so. My brave advisor Ornendil has plans to make this city one of the most beautiful fortresses on earth, one where other nations can't match with us, this city is a shadow compared to what is going to come. It will be a city of unrivaled power, wealth, wisdom and strength.”
Teldumeir toasted on the agreement and said, “May both nations prosper from this day.”
“It seems Gondorians do not age, just like Amazonians do not while using our famous cosmetics. But you are still old.” Andromeda takes a glass of wine and paces around the room, drinking.
“Yes, there is something else we must speak of: spheres of influence. The Queendom desires control over the Bosporus Strait.” She snaps her fingers and her assistant comes forward with a map. “Would this division of the land of Thrace be acceptable to Gondor?
And we wish complete naval superiority in the Black and Eastern Mediterranean seas. In other words, we do not want to see Gondorian warships in those seas. It would be seen as a threat to our security and ruin our diplomatic relations if you built fleets there.”
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