Lapins van Montmorency tried hard to keep her eyes forward and her bearing regal as she marched into the city at the head of an army of former slaves.
It had been a rushed thing, organizing them all, and so Lapins had maintained no illusions of discipline or order as they began to filter into the city. The group that stayed behind her were resistance leaders, Kordia, and Kassin - with Amarena far behind in her full knight regalia, which covered her face and hid her tail behind a cape.
There was no fanfare to her arrival. She had no standing with the lordsmoot, nor her father's councilors. Instead, the sounds of joy echoed behind her as the formerly enslaved from the city fell out of line to embrace their families.
Those slaves with nowhere else to go continued to walk, and in solidarity with them, Lapins walked barefoot and without finery or armor - except for her princess crown, which Amarena had rushed to her after Kir's conquest of the city.
