~Year 988
A devastating event strikes the High Kingdom of Vallarta as the High King passes away from an unknown ailment, with the two princes left behind still in their teenage years, the older males of the royal family begin a fierce and bloody battle to snatch the throne.
-The Royal Archives, History of Vallarta.
Myrina had not known the High King too well, she had only met him after her parents had passed on yet she clearly recalled each event where her father had spoken fondly of the High King.
Myrina had seen it clearly in her father's eyes that he held great respect for the High King and although Myrina had not understood it then, she knew her father's loyalty to the High King was unwavering.
Myrina knew her father well enough, Lord Torsten Arden may have been a doting, caring father and a loving husband, but Torsten Arden was a very difficult and willful man.