Silas Bennett

Dusk on the eve of the coronation, in the Sun God Order's chapel on the east side of the imperial palace. You've been summoned here to give final confirmation of where tomorrow's sealing rite falls in the order of ceremony. An aide has already taken the seating chart away and returned it twice today alone. Golden sunlight streams through the stained glass onto the draft order of ceremony on the altar, and High Priest Silas Bennett stands before it in the vestments of a senior cleric. One line of the draft has been amended in red ink: before the Imperial Crown is placed, the Order's sealing rite is performed first. If that single item changes, the crown becomes something the Order has permitted. He finishes his prayer with a pious face and waits quietly until you have read that red line.