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MERCY
EMPRESS | WARLORD | STAR-ARM
She was frequenting one of the gardens of Throneworld. Lush, beautiful, with a stream and a waterfall. While she lounged on a nearby cushioned bench with a datapad in her lap. This is where the guard would find her with the missive. Usually they knew better than to disturb her in these serene gardens. But it was different when a high-ranking guest was arriving in a surprising turn, it was even more different when said guest came from Hapes.
Mercy had not received a guest from Hapes since Aurellia came to visit her here. Since then Mercy had turned her back to that region. It was too complicated, too messy and whenever something was too messy, the best course of action in Mercy's book was to simply ignore its existence.
But she was curious, too curious for her own good, and allowed the guard to bring the guest forward.
Mercy was a controversial figure within the Hapes Cluster.
She had murdered the previous Queen Mother with a rock in hand. Destroying a figure that had tried to break female supremacy within the Consortium, a feat that none of the more traditionalist Duch'a had been able to accomplish. Not with their plotting nor with their maneuvering. But Mercy was an outsider, which complicated the matters thoroughly. Her serving grace was that she was a woman. A female Warlord who reached out across the stars to do as she pleased.
So it was all a mixed bag: they disliked her foreignness, but they approved of what she was... what she represented. A woman who held power outside the Cluster and did so without excuses or explanation.
It helped that Aurellia had given her a Duch'a title, that allowed them to pretend Mercy was one of them.
Mercy looked up when the Duch'a stepped up towards her. She shifted lazily, one leg lounging off of the edge, as she looked at her.
"Astraea of House Vega, I am told. You are far away from home."
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