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A the artifacts that did interest her were those the ed to the Arcosian Empire, which tried to crush and enslave Sacoridia a thousand years ago There were son script on them, some rusted weapons and bits of twisted metal that looked like articulated pieces that had once fit together The label could only tell her: Metal pieces excavated on shore of Ulleinated in Arcosia

There was a belt of silver links eold, pitted and discolored, with a lion’s head on the buckle Here the label was iment, Arcosian Empire

Karigan had traveled to the ti War and saw some of the empire’s forces firsthand One of her ancestors, in fact, had hailed fro the Sacoridians who had, in the end, betrayed Mornhavon to stop the war and suffering It was difficult to believe that all that remained of the Arcosian occupation were these few rusted artifacts Considering the alternative, she supposed it was a good thing

She glanced Bray while his ward examined some shieldsabout, gazing into cases, and an attendant

Karigan slipped into a side hall, hoping to find aZachary, his bared sword held high

THE MAN IN THE SILK MASK

Karigan’s coht She backed away, her hand on her heaving chest

There was a soft chuckle beside her, and she whirled to find a red-coated attendant there

“Lifelike, isn’t he?” he asked

Karigan sed hard and looked upon the king again, feeling rather stupid It was a wax figure ly realistic, fro its head of a’s own

The figure was part of a tableau with banners hanging on the wall behind it, and the traitor Lord-Governor To at the block, a basket ready to receive his head Miras as Karigan remembered him on that day, an old, crusty man with a bear pelt draped over his shoulders, who had needed the aid of servants to hobble onto the platforht that was, perhaps, even worse punishment for such a proud man than the execution itself had been