Well, the Knights of the Flower Kingdoms are like the flowers themselves - many and varied. Some approaching problems in the most subtle of ways. Like Emira of the Shadow, whose stealth was such that she was able to capture the head of a N'yari raiding band from the middle of her own encampment.

Others were famed for their courtly abilities, like Limar of the Rose - whose prowess off the field was just as legendary (if not moreso, behind closed doors) as her skills with the spear. The alliances she'd forged had helped keep her kingdom from being absorbed during the wars of the five crowns.

Kalaya though ... Kalaya ...

[i]*WRUNCH*[/i]

[i]CRASH ... [sub]tinkle[/sub].[/i]

"Ooops"

Kalaya's approaches were still a work in progress.

The floorboard she'd been working came loose with a suddenness that surprised - richocheting off the wall and smashing the mirror beside the bedstand and causing it, in turn, to fall over and take the desk and chair with it.

In the echoing silence that followed, only one thought entered Kalaya's mind.

[sub]"I hope that wasn't structural ..."[/sub]

[Rolling to Defy Disaster - getting out of here with Daring Do! 3 + 1 + 2 = [b]6[/b]. Or not!]