(Just in case I seemingly "forget" to reply, keep in mind that I may be replying to one person while another person makes a post. I will get around to everyone, don't worry!)

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"I am usually addressed as 'Your Majesty', even as a Grand Prince. Same as a king. Not too dissimilar to a king. If only there were more similarities between the two titles... but that's neither here nor there. As you say, it is time for us to head into the palace." Ternoc turned around and started back towards the palace district, surrounded on all sides by his guards, who formed a large rectangle around him and the kobolds, carriage and all. 

The remaining path to the palace was flanked by large dragon-like beasts known as sirrushes, although they were perhaps more properly known as mushushus. Each sirrush was accompanied by a pike-wielding handler, who also kept the creature on a leash. With the intelligence of a crocodile, the sirrushes were not as intelligent as their sentient dragon counterparts, but their sheer size alone made them deadly. 

"Never mind the sirrushes. Protocol demands that I bring six or so of them out for representatives of state. Now, up the stairs. I don't think the carriage can go this way, but some of my guards will lead it around the back." 

It took almost another twenty minutes, but the group finally entered the palace gates. Ternoc swiftly dismissed most of his guards and led Ardasa and the most important members of her entourage into a large meeting room. A large rectangular table dominated the center of the room, with a gold-rimmed seat with red cushions at its center letting everyone know where Hekaga's monarch was to sit. The remainder of the room was dominated by maps and charts, although all of them showed generic information about the world, without giving up critical facts about the location of garrisons or the disposition or movement of troops.