At last, he gestured to his steward. The man stepped forward, unrolling a scroll with deliberate care. The parchment crackled, its solemn weight filling the chamber as the words of the king's decree prepared to be spoken.
"By decree of His Majesty, King Aragon of Estalis, let it be known throughout the kingdom: Sir Ismael, son of the sea, knight of the crown, and defender of the kingdom, is henceforth honored in death as he was in life. Though fallen, his name shall endure in our annals, written among those who gave all so others might yet draw breath."
