I was introduced to Kya-Kya by a mercenary acquaintance of mine. She told me of a beautiful friend of hers who might be interesting in appearing in the Feast of Ardan. I told her to send the friend my way! Imagine my suprise when this blue, buxom, be-crested beauty walked though my door.
Kya-kya had spent several years in the army of the Seven Kingdoms, but decided to muster out, become a mercenary, and move to the Western Lands.
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One might expect that I, being a Cymrilian, would take issue with having a Tanasian grace the pages of the Feast of Ardan. That would be an flawed assumption. I have always been of the opinion that the Tanasians, as a whole, are perfectly fine folk; there were a few misguided, power-hungry fools among their numbers, but it is unfair to label all Tanasians as rebels or dissidents.
I assure you, Valdeaza is one of the most agreeable and interesting ladies I have had the pleasure of working with.
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Katar is another of Eerduz’s finds. She is a tattoo artist, and all of the Thralls in Zandu claim that she is the best outside of the Seven Kingdoms. She only works on her own folk, and, it is rumored, those that she takes on as lovers.
A stray observation: after Eerduz turned his drawing over to me, I noticed some new ink on his upper right arm. Curious.
I was in need of some powdered crystals for the mixing of some of the enchanted colors I use in the tinting of Eerduz’s work. My normal supplier, a surly Arimite, had gone out of business, and I was directed to the shop of the charming Ela Anaria.
(Truth be told, she was recommended to me by Kantrix, the Pharesian.)
We chatted, and I told her about the Feast of Ardan.
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It seems that the city of Zandu is filled with many expatriates from my own land. Admittedly, the Pharesians have been wanderers for many years, but to me they are kinsman. Kantrix though, is a rare breed of Pharesian: a non-wanderer. She owns a small shop, The Silver Tantalus, near the Sarista Ghetto. A trusted friend recommended her shop to me.
Kantrix is the premier maker of aphrodisiacs and other elixirs and powders of erotic kind.
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Desrelene is a fellow Cymrilian, who is also a former classmate from the Lyceum Arcanum, and a dear friend. She is one of the most brilliant scholars of her generation and has turned her mind to a most noble endeavor: recovering the lost magical erotic art of erotomancy.
She first found a reference to erotomancy in a scroll in the Lyceum Arcanum’s secret archives and has since been searching for more information.
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Cha-Kree holds one of the most intriguing jobs in Zandu: she is the Sultan’s personal botanist. She primarily works in the Inner Garden of the Palace of the Blessed Houri. By the Ten Thousand! What I wouldn’t give to see what she’s seen!
A skilled botanomancer, Cha-Kree has successfully created several new varieties of flowers, as well as a fruit that is exclusive to the Sultan’s house and is said to produce a wine that considered one of the best in the Western Lands.
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When we put out the word that we were looking for ladies of the Seven Kingdoms to model for us, I was certain that we would have a difficult time finding representatives of the Kasmiran and Sindaran peoples. As you can see, I was fortunately wrong.
You are undoubtedly aware that the Sindaran are collectors. When I asked Dari what it was she collected she explained that hers was a more intangible collection: erotic experiences.
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I caught a glimpse of this pastel colored beauty during my first weeks in Zanth. At the time she was perpetually on the arm of Thaenala, a duelist of no mean skill. Months laters, while at enjoying a meal at the Exquisitorium, her representative approached me; a small brown whisp named Jhaz. The diminutive creature told me that Azaliana had heard of my publication, and wanted to model. Yes dear reader, sometimes it is just that easy.
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Suffice to to say, it cost us a pretty crescent to get Ara to agree to pose for the Feast. There were other terms and conditions, but but I am prohibited by the contract I signed to say more…
