She responded politely, though it didn't take long to figure out why the marriage had been arranged; she was heiress to a vast elven empire on her world, that now spanned two continents, thanks to Barid's portal-gate. Her husband, on the other hand, was the youngest brother of the emperor of the human coalition, on her homeworld. While neither was directly in power, the marriage cemented a planetary alliance between the two factions, and made them a significant force, indeed.<br/><br/>Of course, they had little in common; she was almost two hundred years old, while he was already forty-five, which meant that she'd still be in the prime of her life, when he passed away from old age. She seemed to warm to Draiss quickly, though, unless he mentioned, or at least hinted at, his immortality, she wouldn't pay him much mind.