OarStorgs these men scheme to make
THE LOVELY MISTY ISLES A WARLIKE POWER;
ONLY THE SMALL QUEEN STANDS IN THEIR
WAY AND LAWS ARE PASSED TO RENDER
HER HELPLESS. ALETA ORDERS A GREAT '
SHIP MADE READY FOR SEA, COMMANDS
A REVIEW Of THE TROOPS AND HIRES A
COMPANY OF COMEDIANS.
QUEEN ALETA REVIEWS THE TROOPS IN
THE UNIFORM OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
ALL SOLDIERS WHO WERE NOT BORN
IN THE MS7Y ISLES TAKE THREE STEPS
FORWARD AND PLACE SHIELDS AND SPEARS
ON THE GROUND l" SHE COMMANDS,
AND FULL HALF THE ARMY STEPS FORWARD!
THEN SHE READS THE NEW LAW, PASSED
TO DEPRIVE HER OF HER VIKING GUARDS:
NO RULER MAY HIRE MERCENARIES
OR SOLDIERS OF A FQREIGN LAND."
THERE IS A MOMENTS SILENCE, THEN:
MARCH THE FOREIGN SOLDIERS TO
THE WATTING SHIP I "
ill v
WHITE WITH RAGE. HER BROTHER-lN-LAW STEPS FIERCELY
. TOWARD HER, BUT WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT HIM ALETA
CONTlNUESi "DIONSEUS, MAKE YOU COMMANDER
OF THE ARMY tm THE LOOK OF TRIUMPH ON HIS FACE
FADES AT HER NEXT WORDSt mYOCI ARE NOW A SOLDIER
BUT rOU WERE BORN ON THE ISLAND OF S AMOS.
BOARD THE SHIP WITH THE UTHEK NtKCtNMits
DIONSEUS STANDS IRRESOLUTE, HE CONTROLS
HE SENATE AND THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS, HE
;AS POWERFUL FRIENDS, BUT DARE HE TAKE THE
tISK OF OPEN REVOLT ? A VOICE FROM THE
CROWD yELLSi "IT MUST BE A GOOD LAW.
DIONSEUS; YOU MADE IT '
LAUGHTER FOLLOWS, GRCWNG tNWLUMASAUTA
COMEDIANS LEAD THE PEOPLE ON WITH QUIP AND JfcbT.
DIONSEUS TURNS TOWARD THE SH.PBEREHE REACHES
IT THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE KINGDOM HA5
BECOME A THING OF RJDICULE !
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THE SHIP SAILS AND DIONSEUS. SICK WITH
RAGE. VOWS TO RETURN, FOR TO HIS
HUNGER FOR POWER HAS BEEN ADDED
THE THIRST FOR VENGEANCE. AND HE
HAS HALF THE ARMY WITH HIM !
next weoo-Helene.