The duchess of Abynwy is not well-liked by her people. She taxes them too steeply, her laws are too strict, and while nobody in the duchy starves, it's hard to call it "prosperous". She rarely ventures into public, and when she does her speeches are cold and perfunctory, not like the warm words of her late father. When an assassin makes an attempt on her life, few are surprised by it. What is surprising, however, is that one of her servants of little note stepped into the path of the attack, taking the blow meant for her and saving her life. You are that servant, and Cordelia Ashgrave would very much like to know why you saved her.