The Eagle Gaze of a Slender Man, the Glitter of the Dark Eyes

Saliman was a tall, slender man with a thin, down curving nose and a thin, straight mouth. The only suggestion of weakness was the slender, remarkably long neck. Palatine habadanski had claimed the hungarian crown for his master, rousing salimon's ire. Nine months before, the general had come to stand bull representing his master, the archduke. He made proposals for truce and the disposition of the iron crown of hungary.