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OurStot queen aleta returns to her
KINGDOM AND IS GREETED WARMLY. SHE
STILL HOLDS THE AFFECTION OF HER PEOPLE, '
BUT IT IS PRINCE ARN, HEIR APPARENT TO THE
THRONE, WHO RECEIVES THE GREATEST .-
ATTENTION.
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THE PRESENCE OF THE QUEEN BRINGS NEW
LIFE TO THE PALACE, AND ALETA LISTENS TO-'
THE COURT GOSSIP, TRYING TO EVALUATE THE
TEMPER OF HER PEOPLE. . ; ." f
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SHE TALK? iNPRIvAlt WllH MANY OF THE i" i""
IMPORTANT MEN, AND SOON A VERY FRIGHT-
ENING PICTURE TAKES FORM. THE LITTLE ') .
PART OF THE WORLD. WHERE THE MISTY ISLES
LIE HAS CHANGED. I
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- WHEN AT LAST THE COUNCIL IS ASSEMBLED, ALETA KNOWS THAT HER . -
A FATHER AND GRANDFATHER HAD RULED WITH WISDOM AND STRENGTH, u j
1 AND THE KINGDOM BECAME SAFE AND FREE.i UNDER HER RULE THEY '
ENJOYED FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY, BUT HAD BECOME WEAK. if!!'!
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PEACE AND WEALTH HAD ONCE. ATTRACTED TRADE; NOW THEY
; ONLY AROUSE ENVY AND A DESIRE FOR CONQUEST IN NEIGH- -
BORING KINGDOMS. .
' HER SUCCESS IN CREATING THIS HAPP LITTLS
: REALM HAD ALSO MADE IT A RCH PRIZE FOR
', A GREED CONQUEROR:
THfS !S INDEED A MAN'S WORLD, SO SHE CONSULTS THE BES1 1 PRINCE VALIAN, IEADER QP. vrf
ARAM23; GUNDAR HARL, BUILDER OF SHIPS AND BOLTAR, THE VIKING WARRIOR. : XJ- -y
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