Maria rolled out of the van, and kept a hand over her brow as she looked up at the tower that was bathing in sunlight. She feasted her eyes on the magnificence of the building, the throne of power in Aurora. Though she has seen it many times, having made numerous trips not only due to tax deliveries but also occasional conferences, it was the first time she saw something completely new in the beauty of its architecture.

[i]Ahh, yes. Soon the winds of fate carry a new queen to the top of this bastion. Soon...[/i]

She approached the tower guards with her usual happy self and made the routine decree: "By the order of Her Highness, Queen Alexandra, her humble servant Maria Goethe has come to pay tribute." 

Seeing that these guards were a new shift, she made a show of her magic, and had the crates float out of the trucks and slowly spin around in a circle far above her head.