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Abnormal-Child	Jun 13 2008, 11:14 PM
Administrator Posts: 538 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: April 13, 2008	The parade grounds had been a place of mayhem for the last few days in build up to this very day. The loss of the king was a heavy blow on the hearts of the people, their spirits were down and grief was common but all would gather today to pay respect to their fallen king. In the build up to this parade, the streets had been cleared of litter, the coble roads repaired, the buildings painted and so on. The preparations for this day were endless. Mostly every building had even been draped partly in fabrics of the king’s colours, resplendent yet it contained and embodies the mood of the whole kingdom. The streets were now thick with crowds; people from all walks of life now prepare to pay their respect to the late king. Already the sad wails accompanied by the mournful music were starting. The sad laments of the choir reached out to every corner of the grounds. Then a resounding silence came upon the whole crowd gathered upon the area. The funeral pomp started and with it marched the Royal Guards, followed by a host of ministers and officials dressed in black. The black sea of crowds fell to an ear splitting silence as the body of the late king, now passed the grounds. In the Kingdom of Istria, fallen kings are not laid to rest upon the stone vaults, instead they are sent away in the grand blaze of the funeral pyre and their ashes scattered by the Royal Family. The slow cadence of the Guards, dressed in immaculate black, moved ever so slowly reflecting the emotions of everyone gathered at the square, until they reached the middle of the Parade grounds, where in a somber yet dignified moment, lay the body of the dead king, upon the brier....


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