Julianna Rose Silvern grudgingly plodded along on her steed, a magnificent creature of the purest black with a white spot between its eyes, heading up to the start of its mane.  She made for a rather gallant figure, her dark skin in contrast with her shining luxurious armor and moonlight colored hair.  Julianna made sure to keep close to Fanilly despite her dislike of the young commander.  Julianna glanced at her back, the long cape fluttering behind her as if to signify her importance.

If one were to compare the two girls it was actually a rather ironic how their appearances clashed.  Fanilly was quite a bit shorter, had pale, translucent skin, blonde hair like the sunlight, and deep blue eyes.  Julianna was taller, had much darker skin, hair the color of moonlight, and deep amber eyes.  It was almost comical how the two mirrored the dual goddesses Reon and Mayon, if Julianna had black hair then they really would be the perfect earthly representation of the two goddesses.

Julianna was the perfect picture of what a Mayonite Clergy paladin should be while Fanilly was closer to Reonite in looks which was another irony in and of itself; the reason being that the Iron Rose Knights had begun as Mayonite Clergy in the first place.  Now, here they were out on a mission and because of some bad karma, Julianna had missed her chance of becoming the captain and this small, fragile girl was now in charge, for now anyway.

Julianna could not help but think a few smug thoughts as Tyaethe offered her opinion on how to improve upon the plan, as it was something she had already thought of earlier.  Marianne seemed a little taken aback by how she had addressed the captain but Tyaethe's response back was quite well put, [u]"You can ask, but I don't call anyone captain outside of formal affairs until they earn it."[/u]

[i]"My thoughts on the subject exactly."[/i] Julianna thought, but what she said was, "You should take up Lady Tyaethe's advice [i]captain[/i]," she could not help but emphasis that word to show her distain, "a sound strategy and I might add that as we are entering our enemy's territory we should have lookouts posted as we go so we do not end up getting blindsided by any bandits outside the camp.  If by some luck they are all in their camp then great, but if not it would be possible for their to open a hole in our encirclement and escape if we get taken by surprise."

If Julianna was going to one day take over the Iron Rose Knights she had to make herself look good as much as possible to build up a reputation with the troop.  Her parents had made sure she got an education to that effect after all so she would waste to opportunities to appear the better commander.

"That is if you think it is a good idea captain."  She was nobility so she made sure to keep up with decorum, even if the young captain didn't deserve it.