The Return of the King (short story)

The Return of the King was a prelude to the novel Newtons Sleep.
== Summary ==
With the babel commentating, Chatelaine Thessalia reviews a registry of the Imperator's visit to her in House Ixion a week before his inauguration.
== Plot ==
to be added
== Characters ==
* Chatelaine Thessalia
* The babel
* The Imperator
== Worldbuilding ==
* There is a citadel on the Homeworld.
* The Imperator and Thessalia were woven together on House Dvora's "shining silver looms."
== Notes ==
* As Thessalia recalls the foundation of the Order of the Weal, the babel misquotes Thomas Hobbes' , substituting the phrase "Common Weal" for "Commonwealth".The Mind is a Metaphor: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
== Continuity ==
* According to the babel, the Great Houses would have eventually called the Imperator "War King," a title used much later during the War in Heaven. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
* Thessalia refers to the southern mountains as a place home to hermits (TV: State of Decay) and feral cats. (AUDIO: Erasure, et al.)
== External links ==
* Full text in PDF format of The Return of the King on the Random Static website (archive)
== Footnotes ==
Category:2008 short stories
Category:FP short stories
Category:Short stories set on Gallifrey