Odo gave no notice of Fisher’s question, then realized what he had asked.. “No rumor. Father was not a king; he was a pirate, a marauder, one who drew his courtiers to believe he was the man who could shit gold… a great man of war—but he failed at it. Over and over, he failed, and like every other pirate out there, he shit shit!
During King Odo’s first privy meeting, a minister points out that the royal cellars are now empty due to the young king’s generosity toward peasants.
“Kings have codes. Break them, and the sea will swallow the ship, Your Grace.”
King Odo’s lip rose. “The broken tempest allows the ships to sail safely. A king’s code should be a broken tempest for all his people. Red Isle is falling apart, Cabi. Give a man a mead.”
