Seeing the destruction of the once brilliant city on the stage made most of those watching start to think. Was this the fate they, too, would receive if the Thorneharts stopped protecting them?
They had always believed someone would stand there, unmoving, unyielding, between them and disaster. Now, the play had shown them a world where that was no longer true.
Some glanced instinctively toward the section where the nobles sat. Others looked toward the banners bearing the sigil of the Thorneharts. A few of the people then glanced at the person who was said to be the shield of Norvaegard.
The Iron Duke Vardon Thornehart was not bothered by their stares, and he did not react much to what was shown in the play. In fact, none of those with him reacted too much, from his younger son to the old butler accompanying them.
The people from the other ducal houses looked at the stage with interest, but they did not react as much as the other nobles and commoners.
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