The Great Open Amphitheater of Highstone—a colossal tiered semicircle of white granite carved into the living rock of the royal promontory—had been built during the First Dynasty to host the sacred peace assemblies of the ancient kings. Beneath the flawless azure sky of late autumn, thirty thousand citizens, clan delegates, guildmasters, and foreign dignitaries filled every tier of the stone arena. Upon the central raised dais sat King Alden, flanked…
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