The air in the formal dining room became a little heavier after Nyrielle mentioned her parents fleeing the First Crusade, bringing beets and who knew how many other things with them as they sought refuge from the Church who had declared them heretics for ruling over a domain that welcomed the Eldritch as neighbors and trading partners rather than treating them as force of evil that had to be eradicated.
Sensing the shifting mood, Georg quietly slipped out to retrieve the next set of dishes while people finished their artfully plated salads.
"I knew that High Inqu-, er, that Ignatious had been here since the Brother's War," Diarmuid said delicately in an attempt to restart the conversation. "But I didn't realize that your family had been here so long, your Eternity," Diarmuid said carefully. "Are there humans in the Vale who came with them, or their descendants rather?"
