"My apologies lord harren. The sail was faster with the monstrous winds blowing over the Red sea." - Hakuba.
"Where's Joker? I suppose he had brought the vaylor poppies."
*Vaylor Poppies are a rare breed of poppy which has a high medicinal value. It is said to cure a sword's cut within hours. It's value could be rounded off to 100 nefaratir gold coins a petal. The vaylor poppies are said to grow in places which were battlefields in the past. Legends have it that these flowers bloom with the essence of true warriors of the realm of Nefaratir.
The ship which arrived earlier was stocked with a cargo of vaylor poppies worth almost 9,00,000 nefaratir gold coins.
"Lord Harren! I have brought the flowers as the supreme commander directed me to. Tell Jewel Bonny that the supreme commander expects her grace to execute his order as directed. I shall depart now."
Joker of the dawn as he is known by was the former 1st division commander of the realm of Nefaratia's cavalry, the mightiest kingdom in the world.
King Baelor Vinsmoke conquered the eight great kingdoms and brought them under the power of the Vinsmoke family 195 years before the present time.
170 years after the conquest of King Baelor, The Vinsmoke royal family was not the same as it was. The realm of Nefaratia was rather peaceful with King Jaherys on the throne. Sir Winston Baratheon was the newly appointed commander of the 1st division cavalry after Sir Edmond Baratheons demise due to a strange sickness.
The king was almost in his deathbed too when Sir Winston was appointed the 1st division commander. King Jaherys had three sons and a daughter. The eldest of them was Prince Maeghar Vinsmoke followed by his brothers Elizabello Vinsmoke and Gregor Vinsmoke. The king chose Maeghar Vinsmoke as heir to the kingdom of Nefaratia in the great council of Visehall - A palace cum conference hall like structure made by King Daraxis Vinsmoke, the son of Baelor the conqueror.
Before King Maegor's coronation ceremony he was married to a certain princess in secret on his own. Her alias was Jewel Bonny.
*Next chapter - BLOOD AND THE CROWN
