You who are silvering the sands of the desert

10 - What is our destiny?

*Past *

Rabanastre - Royal Palace 703 Alto Valendiano

The years had passed as fast as the sons of Raminas, many of whom were missing those who, by illness, were torn from the war.

The political situation was not improving at all, on the contrary it was every day more and more critical and unpredictable, on both sides both Rozaria and Archadia were pressuring Nabradia until it was aligned with one of the two empires.

In Dalmasca the situation was stable for the time being but nobody could guarantee it until it would last, Nabradia was going through a very deep socio-political crisis.

Endimion did not know what to do, because that siding from one side only means one thing, going to war and having as enemy a great and immense opponent much stronger than him on the political, military and economic level.

In all this Endimion was only sure of one thing, he would hardly have sided with one of the two empires, despite the pressure from the council of ministers and his personal advisor.

Rather he preferred to turn his gaze to Dalmasca, placing much hope in an alliance between his reign and that of Raminas. Several times he and the dalmasco ruler had spoken of a possible alliance between their two countries, above all because the two families, the Heios and the B'Nargin, had the same roots.

Both the two lineages descended from the Dinast King and he had inherited two important memorabilia from him. Now in Endimion was born the desire to bring the two families together in one big family, he had made this idea of ​​his to Raminas several times and he had shown great interest.

For so long their young sons saw the two rulers decided to combine an engagement between Rasler and Ashe. The two sovereigns talked for a long time about this alliance that would bring benefits to both the two kingdoms, and future projects that involved the two principles with their respective realms.

Among the various questions related to this question there was one in particular, posed by Re Endimion, concerning Princess Ondine.

The sovereign nabradiano asked Raminas what fate he had decided for his last daughter to know the peculiarities of the girl and the education that his father had wanted to give her.

Raminas could not say too much about Ondine, because despite being an illegitimate daughter, she had been recognized as a princess if not unequaled as Ashe. In effect making its condition as "unusual" for a member of the royal family.

The king of Dalamasca did not stop at the question of Endimion, he only tried to give general information. Responding that although Ondine was her daughter and therefore recognized as such, she could not have the same fate as Ashe seen their positions and that she had other plans for the girl.

"So you do not want to marry her, like you did with Ashe?" Was the question that had raised many doubts in the Dalmasco ruler. Raminas knew that he could not give a clear answer, he had declared that while recognizing Ondine as his daughter he had deliberately excluded her from the line of succession as an illegitimate daughter and, moreover, a concubine.

The decision to recognize an illegitimate child, consequently, to give him the title of "princess" or "prince" who instead expected the legacies inherited by birth, born of the official union, had had a very high price.

Raminas' ministers and various advisors had put pressure on them, excluding Ondine from the succession line for the throne.

The answer that Endimion had to his question was that Princess Ondine did not have the same political value as Ashe, and that for this reason her fate was something that would be decided with time.