The messenger caught up with Ysena half way, he was a energetic enough lad. "The Emperor is holding court... This is not going to be pleasant..." She sighed, dragging her body in the opposite direction of the court room. She would just have to give her report to the Emperor later, she had to prepare the courtroom for the Emperor quickly.<br/><br/>As she arrived in the courtroom, she stationed her knights at the relevant locations, these ones were fresh as they were the ones left behind to guard the family. The ones she took with her have been given a well deserved rest. "Captain...You look absolutely exhausted, are you sure your OK" She nodded and continued her work. Once all was prepared she took the opportunity to look in one of the courtrooms many mirrors.<br/><br/>Was the person standing before her really her? The knight was right, she looked terrible, black rings set in around barely open eyes, the weight of the eyelids barely able to keep them open except through sheer determination. Her skin cut and stained from two nights and days of frantic searching for the missing empress. Her normally very beautiful face was now looking so rugged and fatigued she could be mistaken for another person, her posture was not even up to her usual standard either, who could tell if it was her keeping her armour upright, or the armour keeping her upright. the breastplate raising and falling with each heavy breath. Taking her position near the emperors seat she stood patiently and waited.