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After a couple of weeks at sea, the fleet led by the Vale of Garnath
sights land, which Martin and Folly quickly confirm is the
cliff-and-waterfall of Xanadu. The ship is able to anchor in the
harbor, but despite the beautiful castle built into the cliff, the city
and the harbor proper are still under construction. It will take
several days for all of the people to debark with their goods. Ships in
the harbor bear the Unicorn Rampant of Amber, the red Unicorn Rampant
of Xanadu, and flags from half a dozen other shadows that Raven doesn't
recognize.

The city is built in the hills along the bottom of the cliffs and
around the natural harbor. Most of the structures are new, and
rudimentary compared to the Amber of Raven's memory. But while the city
Raven left was crumbling, this Xanadu is bustling with life. She can
see it even from the ships.

Her mother is anxious to get into town and build a new place to ply her
trade. Martin and Folly are anxious to get to the castle and check in
with the King. Raven can speak to the Harbormaster, and when that's
done, she may want to report in to the Navy, such as it is. Prince
Gerard, Martin tells her, is in residence, although he's not much
connected with Naval affairs these days.

Bearing in mind the orders before she left Amber and her discussion
with Martin - Raven's order of importance is:

- Send somebody she trusts to keep an eye on Mom so she knows where
the woman has gotten off to (for later discussions)
- Harbormaster, for paperwork and to relay the Admiral's instructions
that she's supposed to speak with the King
- Checking in with the Navy
- Courtesy call on Gerard, to at least let him know of the Vale's
return, because it seems polite

OK, so, here's how I'd see that happening.  Harbormaster and the Navy share
an office, because the city is still growing.  That handles 2 and 3.  One
happens from her crew, on the way to Harbormaster's.

She'll get told to go to the castle to see Random, and also Gerard if she
asks after him.

I'd recommend a summary post, or else we can skip the actual doing of #1,
#2, and #3, and go right to  Raven's arrival at the palace. She can mention
in passing that she's done the other two things as needed to Random.
Martin and Folly will have gone straight to Castle Xanadu, so she won't be
completely unexpected...

I like the idea of just skipping to her arrival at the top of the cliff, a
45 minute climb/walk (which won't even wind an Amberite like Raven), but if
you want to write the other, we're good with that, too.


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2. [[Characters:RavenLogs/AX_Passing|In Passing]]