seanchan, tarabon, and ebou dar. just kidding the empress may she live forever rules those lands.
My lords! My ladies --
And everybody else here NOT sitting on a cushion:
Today, today, you find yourselves equals.
For you are all equally blessed.
For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure
Of introducing to you a Queen, sired by queens,
A Queen who can trace her lineage back beyond Charlemagne.
I first met her atop a mountain near Jerusalem,
Praying to God,
Asking His forgiveness,
For the injuries done to her sister by her power.
Next, she amazed me still further in Italy
When she saved a frozen kingdom
From the would-be insurrection
Of her sisters dreadful fiance
In Greece, she spent a year in silence
Just to better understand the sound of a whisper.
And so, without further gilding the lily,
And with no more ado,
I give to you the Seeker of Serenity,
The Protector of Italian kingdoms.
The Enforcer of our Lord God,
The One --
The Only --
QUEEN ELSA STEELHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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