Sigh ... another history lesson? If you really don't want to know about Kathryn's realm of Sálíphirá, then you can just go on to the next chapter. I won't mind.
アヴァロン記録 ~ サ リフィラ帝国
Annals of Avalon ~ The Sálíphirá Sultanate
The Sultanate of Sálíphirá is located in the Great Desert west of the Kingdom of Avalon. Not many people have visited this vast desert nation by foot or mount; only Oblivion Gates link the cities of the sultanate.
The angelic regent Aldebaran presented the first sultan one of the elemental blades of Keythedrian's making - Xariandagia, the blade of fire. Xariandagia became the mark of the future sultans - they all bore the weapon in war and in peace. In exchange for its use, though, the sultan always paid a blood price.
When the Kingdom of Avalon was founded, the Sultan of that time pledged allegiance to the kingdom by giving Queen Guinevere the blade Xariandagia. For generations future sultans came to Denbridge, capital of Avalon, to pay Xariandagia's blood price.
After the death of Princess Starla of Avalon and Sultan Kasmir of Sálíphirá years after the breakup of Avalon, Xariandagia was returned to the imperial capital of Trakta.
Sigh ... don't you just hate these history lessons? I hate writing them too, but I need to get out background info somehow. Don't worry ... the next chapter will probably be better....