The doors to the Great Hall opened and the noise crashed over the line of serving girls like a wave.  Laughter and conversation from the assembled notables assaulted their ears as they walked into the cavernous chamber.<br/><br/>The tables sat in a horseshoe arrangement, with the Baron himself seated at the high table and the two wings extending out with guests seated in order of import by proximity to the lord of Desidera.  Of course, the Baron and his family's cups were to be filled first, and so the small line of naked girls had to walk past the assembled guests before beginning their task.  Felicity received a few glances from the select townsfolk who ranked high enough to join in a feast at Ravenroost, some looked away quickly and some simply let their gazes drift over her with flickers of hunger and lust.<br/><br/>But those eyes were pale shadows of the gazes the Baron's knights gave her as she walked past them, and one went so far as lick his lips slowly as his eyes roamed her.  Then she was at the High Table.  The Baron sat hunched slightly forward like a perched carrion bird.  At his right was Brom, looming and powerful.  The big man grinned as he watched Felicity approach and stroked his chin.  Beside Brom was the Baron's rarely seen half-elven daughter Niaobe and to her right sat the twins Brynn and Bryan, dressed in matched doublets and hose and also looking over the newest arrival, whispering softly back and forth as their gazes darted over her apprasingly.  To the Baron's left sat an unfamiliar older man in rich scarlet brocade and a woman of similar age in a matching dress of silk trimmed in furs and set with rubies.  Both watched silently as their cups were filled by the trio of naked girls.<br/><br/>