In the province anciently referred to as Vastwood, well established pockets of civilizations have evolved from simple settlements and fast-holds to metropolises and city states amid the vast wilderness. Nalberia is one such city state that has grown despite the natural chaos that threatened its early settlers. Known as the city of the gods, Nalberia is ran by a council comprised of all the head clergy of the major churches dedicated to non-evil deities; evil temples are not found, at the very least, on the surface of the city for obvious reasons. While the council is in some ways an effective way to keep order and to run the city, it is at time not always the perfect system of government, especially in the recent times with high clergy at times succumbing to ambitions of being politicians and furthering their own agendas.<br/><br/>The city itself is multi-tiered, four levels in all. A direct elevator system links the four tiers together for ease of access for its residents that don't want to take the roads that wind up all the way up the tiers. Churches can be found at the three low tiers in various districts; for the sake of maintaining the semblance of a balance of power between the churches, no church is found at the top tier where the council and government building can found. The lowest tier is home to the lower class, the second the middle class, and the third, the upper class. It is on the third tier the church of Shelyn. Supported by wealthy patrons of the arts, not only is the church one of the most decorated and by far the most aesthetically pleasing of the cathedrals in the city, but also has a concert hall and a gallery attached to it.<br/><br/>It has been a few days since the graduation of the recent class of divine knights of Shelyn and the festivities have finally died down since the official ceremony just yesterday. One of these now fully fledged knight, Lady Elisabeth Isabella Oaks, finds herself on the morning of her birthday in her room in the barracks underneath the main cathedral. Since she is now a full fledge divine knight, she has been given her own room in the barracks.