08-05-2016, 07:34 PM
Damien and his party were led through the Red Square, purposefully and incidentally, past the newly raised Triumphal Arch still teeming with the echoes of the flows used by the Ascendancy, and along the fortress walls to the Clock Tower, the gothic and grand Spasskaya Tower, considered the main entrance to the Kremlin.
Within, the strength of the CCD presence was made clear. Members of the military guarding the fortress marched in rank along the periphery. The flag of the Central Dominance was displayed, fringed with gold, high over the central square. But it was the Ascendancy's symbol billowing highest of the flags, the orange crescent fringed and flowing on the air that drew the eye.
Inside, the immaculate and ancient buildings flowed from one to another unlike the remainder of the continent's royal palaces of old. It was a complex of more than seven hundred interconnected rooms and halls that the party could hardly guess at their exact location. The luxurious interior rooms still spoke of the Imperial Family, with its splendid and grand reception halls. But the styles observed were a mix of Russian, Eastern and Italian architectures. It was into one of the smaller halls in the Grand Palace that they were led.
Walking through the palace was like traveling through the epochs.
Marcus would break away at the Grand Lobby in search of the Ascendancy with instructions for Michael and the ascendants to escort Damien on to one of the smaller drawing rooms to await presentation.
Within, the strength of the CCD presence was made clear. Members of the military guarding the fortress marched in rank along the periphery. The flag of the Central Dominance was displayed, fringed with gold, high over the central square. But it was the Ascendancy's symbol billowing highest of the flags, the orange crescent fringed and flowing on the air that drew the eye.
Inside, the immaculate and ancient buildings flowed from one to another unlike the remainder of the continent's royal palaces of old. It was a complex of more than seven hundred interconnected rooms and halls that the party could hardly guess at their exact location. The luxurious interior rooms still spoke of the Imperial Family, with its splendid and grand reception halls. But the styles observed were a mix of Russian, Eastern and Italian architectures. It was into one of the smaller halls in the Grand Palace that they were led.
Walking through the palace was like traveling through the epochs.
Marcus would break away at the Grand Lobby in search of the Ascendancy with instructions for Michael and the ascendants to escort Damien on to one of the smaller drawing rooms to await presentation.