Thread: An Arranged Marriage (Google)

They thought he and his people were nothing more then barbarian savages, they thought his people nothing more then a loosely knit tribe with no true sense of loyalty to a higher power, no real structure to their leadership, and of course worshipers of savage jobs. Konrad knew better of course, he ruled them, he led them, he inspired them to greater things then they had ever considered themselves capable of before hand. The people of Cthonia never suffered a leader who wasn't powerful, only a man who was capable of defeating any and all challengers was able to assume the throne and even then they had to work to hold onto it. Konrad wasn't just strong though, he was also quite clever, cunning in the most brutal of fashions. If he wanted something then he would take it, either through force of arms or through careful political maneuvering. The fact that most tended to underestimate him because he was nothing more then a simple barbarian in their eyes made that quite a bit simpler and it was because of that it was all the easier to get what he wanted. Take where he was right now, he people had the power to threaten nearly any other kingdom they laid eyes upon but if they did then they would be set upon by other kingdoms... he was ambitious though and if he wanted to lead his people to conquer more he needed to cement a relationship with one of the larger kingdoms there were. And of course the fastest way to get that done was a marriage, as it so happened he had heard about a lovely young thing that a nearby king had managed to produce, apparently she had two brothers but both of them were reportedly quite weak... and through marriage to the daughter and holding the threat of a possible competitive heir to the throne would likely keep them from doing anything rash and... well he would soon have the princess all to himself and even if she proved to be a homely thing her family would no doubt live in fear of what he might do to her should he be angered. She was supposed to have arrived two days before but apparently the weather had turned against them and now Konrad was at the docks awaiting her arrival. Even though most of them men he brought with him were quite tall he still stood a few inches above them, a towering six foot six inches tall and apparently cared from stone from the appearance of the hard muscles covering his body. His skin was a dark bronze, months and years spent under the sun having tanned him quite well and his pale green eyes stood out quite prominently, highlighted by his dark hair which he made sure was cut short so that no one could grab it in the heat of battle. At the moment he was dressed simply, wearing only leather britches with a short sword strapped to his thigh, making it quite easy to draw if he needed too though he doubted he would ever have too, at least not today. As the boat she was on docked and dropped its plank he smirked a little bit, it was time to meet his bride to be and if one thing most people believed was true about Cthonian's that was true was that a Cthonia would never buy a horse until they had ridden it. The smirk only grew larger when one of the women there bowed before him, the loveliest of them all, a pretty young thing... his bride to be. Your accent is terrible and your pronunciation requires quite a bit of work. He grunted in her native tongue, spoken with a heavy accent but otherwise it was flawless. Now get up so I can have a better look at you and warn those men with the blades that if they keep looking at me with distaste my sworn men will be removing body parts they are quite fond of.