The Drow Queen of Glaley [Very NSFW]

[NPCs]

~That's... fairly uncommon in Nyra,~ Seli explains. ~And about as common as sons being paired off. In Nyra, such... injustices are mostly targeted on those born to families with a powerful magical heritage of some kind but lacking their own latent or the like.~

[Coquette Blacquin]

~That's not what my friend said. And she would know. Nobles are different than commoners like yourself.~ 

[NPCs]

~Making assumptions there,~ Seli points out. Granted, I am what she would call a commoner, I'm sure, but still. ~To bring up another metric, our current cast of Lights-- the ruling council of Nyra-- are very close to evenly split between male and female.~

[Coquette Blacquin]

~If you say so.~ She still sounds dubious. 

[NPCs]

~Perhaps you can come visit Nyra yourself sometime,~ Seli suggests.

[Coquette Blacquin]

~Unlikely. That Woman is likely to find me if I leave the enclave.~ 

[NPCs]

~...That... Wo-- oh! Your ex-wife. I see.~ Seli hums softly, then, ~if it would ease your mind, it would be possible to arrange  an escort and secure lodging for such a visit.~

[Coquette Blacquin]

~Have I mentioned she's an assassin?~

[NPCs]

~You had not, no,~ Seli replies after a pause. ~But the escorts I was thinking of are Vangalite Shield Paladins. All four of them are skilled enough to know Vangal's Block. Ah, that's a technique that divinely transposes the paladin between the one they're guarding and any attack, even one they didn't know was coming. It's also commonly known as Assassin's Frustration, if you've heard that name instead?~

[Coquette Blacquin]

~I.... had no idea guards could do such things,~ she admits, faltering a little. 

[NPCs]

~Oh it's not a common skill to have,~ Seli assures Coquette. ~The four paladins in question are all students of Aveline Vallen, the Guard Captain of Coalside. Ah, that's a district of Nyra. She's taught a few others as well, though only a dozen or so are still with the guard, as most return to the church proper after a time.~

[Coquette Blacquin]

~I could perhaps become Astean for them,~ Noire muses. 

[NPCs]

~You're thinking of converting?~ Seli asks with surprise.

[Coquette Blacquin]

~I don't really have a deity. I pay respects to Junon, as most Alessans do, but that's about all.~

~I'm a Cirenite,~ says Cindy quietly. 

~I kind of like Naugrix,~ says Sweetheart, surprising everyone. 

[NPCs]

~May I ask what brought you all to that worship? Those worships?~