Thread: For the Love of a Duke

The duke was a exactly as she described, powerful and wealthy yet he was a bit old for human standards being in his 30's and still not with a woman after the death of his first wife. It had been a sad event, but still the man was on the loookout for a new wife to carry on his lineage, and when a boy had come to the manor door delivering a letter about a woman who was of high nobility coming to his town he could not help but be interested in meeting this woman. Taking a step outside of his library of books he looked out at the town as he heard the commotion, grinning as he saw the small parade that was made by her in his honor really. Might be worth it to at least to see if she is worth it he said as he stepped back inside and with the help of a few female servants he got dressed in a rather nice outfit however as he was putting on the finishing touches another servant came to the door knocking before being allowed enterance. M'lord... yes I know she is almost here No sir... the servant chimed back, Actually the blacksmith Lawrence is here with the blade you requested The lord grinned as he nodded interesting, well let him into one of the meeting halls, one of the lesser ones of course to keep him out of the way of the lady who is coming in. The servant nodded before hurrying away to the servants enterance where the blacksmith stood waiting with the sword completely wrapped up in cloth to keep it from getting dirty before presentation to the Duke. The servant ushered him in and had him sit in one of the lesser meeting rooms before the Duke came in. Now there was a big difference in the two and how they dressed. The Duke was dressed in easiloy some of the finest clothing in the land while the blacksmith Lawrence was dressed in clothes that were covered with many soot and other spots all over his shirt, pants and apron that he wore to protect himself from the flames. His gloves were the most worn of his attire and his boots the least. He looked at the Duke before bowing, his dirty brown hair slightly falling in front of his hazel eyes as the duke looked on with his piercing blue eyes. Lawrence opened the cloth to present the blade. A custom metal and gold scabbard with a leather interior to keep the blade protected when not in use. The handle is inlaid with gold and rubies, those were the two colors of the lords house, red and gold And the blade itself' he said pulling it from the scabbard just slightly holds your family motto etched in and then laid with gold to make it flash while not taking away from the sturdiness of the blade he said as he put the blade back in the scabbard as the lord looked at it grinning Marvelious work as always Lawrence... He said taking the blade and holding it up It is a bit heavy he said looking at the blacksmith Yes well... Lawrence replied I was trying a new technique and I think you will like it, because despite the weight... However the lord shook his head smelt it down, try again But my lord!!!! However the duke held up his hand tossing the blade back into the hands of its maker as he began to leave the blacksmith following This blade took me an entire week to prepare for you... I went and did every last bit of detail myself and you are telling me to melt it down? The duke nodded that is exactly what I am saying Lawrence looked even more mad as he followed my lord you will not find a blade more beautiful or stronger than this... But the duke waved his hand going into the main audience hall where the woman was now coming in My lord, all due respect I will show you just how strong this blade is And as he was surrounded by guards and as the dragoness in discuise came in he pulled the blade out and he sunk it into the hard stone floor, a feat that would have broken nearly any other blade as the guards were already pointing weapons at him before the blacksmith pulled the blade out and handed it to the duke to inspect it not a single scratch... and sure enough... there was none. Guards stand down the duke said as he looked at the blade and he called a servant over to say pay the man, and take out the cost of the stone that he will be replacing in my floor he said the blacksmith fine with that as he began to leave, clearly not happy with the duke still.