The dining room holds a gleaming, gilded wooden table that can seat 100! There are gilded mirrors on the walls, and hundreds of candles, which are lit every night. There is a large handmade rug on the floor and tapestries lining the walls depicting past royalty.
Dining Hall, Inside Castle
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As the King's subjects, we have little say. Being a vassal requires obedience. At least he is a fair and just Lord.
Aye, Sire. A glorious feast! I have brought with me the shillings from this months taxes! The poor were quite hungry and rebellious when I snatched this from them, but alas. We grow in our riches! "Mm. Do you think we tax too heavily?" I care not, sire. This be the only way to afford such lavish feasts! The means justify the ends, as it were. "Do the ends justify the means? Some days, this crown weighs heavily" Heavy is the head that wears the crown, but full is the belly, my liege! "Aye, these feasts have been nice, but I worry about my subjects, sometimes." Well... there was some talk of a coup... I did not pay it much mind, though. I was busy collecting the coin. "... A coup, you say? Full may be the belly, but if my head is not attached... Hm." Oh, worry not. The poor are too tired and sick to fight... well, except for the brutes... and the fishermen... and the soldiers who left your armies due to lack of pay... Oh, well. I am sure it is nothing. "Wait, the soldiers aren't getting paid? I didn't know that!" No, they have not been paid in a season... I thought someone told you! Oh well, let us feast! "Hey, uh... Before we feast, maybe you should bring me the captain of the guards? IS he not already here?"