autarch's

As usual when in private, the autarch's black and silver hair was disarrayed, and the left side of her forehead was smudged with either ink or charcoal.

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There was a much smaller crack infantry, but generally they only served as the autarch's personal guard when she actually led forces into battle.

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"And how does that work when we still will have the autarch's brimstone spring."

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So the autarch's law about free goats had become the basis for a derogatory term in Hydlen.

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The autarch didn't really have a palace, more like a walled residence that adjoined the guard complex housing the Finest, who were the mounted troops that formed the core of the autarch's forces.

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"Herreld " it will be some time before I'm likely to return from the autarch's audience.

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I'd never been invited to the autarch's private study.

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XXIII THE NEXT MORNING found Krystal and me both in the autarch's private study where Kasee, again, had dark circles underneath her eyes and disheveled hair.

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Although the autarch's residence wasn't a fortress, it was designed for defense, with thick walls, small windows, and shadows everywhere, even at midday.

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I asked, recalling that uncontrolled goats were food and/or bounty, according to the autarch's laws.

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