Editing Gethin (section)

=== The Proclamation and the Tourney at Levens ===
King '''[[Pritchard Rawkin]]''' seized upon his son's triumph. He issued a proclamation to all noble courts and sovereign thrones, declaring Gethin a people hewn of stone who kneel to none, and summoning a tourney upon the fields of [[Levens]] in accordance with the rites once hallowed at '''[[Ezzenval Tharu]]''' — pointedly ''not'' beneath the domes of [[Ju'kov]]. He took at the same time the style of '''High King of the Aether Crown'''.

The summit that followed drew the weight of the spheres: [[King Donchad]] of Canmore with his lords, including '''Josten Keldrath''', invested with Talgrin's forfeited lands and title; the veil-eyed priests of [[Madhushana]]; the merchant-kings of [[Antalya]], richest of the unblooded. From [[Nervak]] came '''[[Ezmalik Erikan Khoradûn Ezarûn]]''', the [[Malik]]'s younger brother, escorting his two nieces — a rare appearance by the Malik's family beyond [[Ju'kov]].

The gathered lords had grown accustomed to expecting little of Gethin. The tourney at [[Aeryth Yaruun]] confounded them: feast, pageant, music, and soaring flame, offered as only those born to lost glory dare offer — lavishly, and without apology.

The [[Malik]] declined to answer the proclamation's provocation. ''"The sky above Levens is not ours to bind,"'' he said, and summoned no rival decree.