Intro: Welcoming Committee
The runes at least reach full charge, and with a screaming discharge fire you all into your new home.
The trip there is a bit like being dragged through turbulent water- not necessarily unpleasant, but filled with wobbling power and force in a context you can't always fully comprehend.
You comprehend the end of your journey just fine, however. The final breaching, landing triumphantly on solid ground with an exulting blast of energy.
The Six Kings have arrived.
Looking around you, you appear to be in a rather large, open building of shiny black stone. The ritual circle lies at your feet, and at six of its corners slump exhausted summoners. A transaction of this power likely took precious materials, blood sacrifice, the constant and fervent prayers of large numbers of people, or some other price in addition to a meager cabal's work and the commitment from below.
You also appear to be surrounded by a large number of recovering mortals, apparently either unaware or uncaring of the shockwave from the summoning, and so evidently standing a bit too close for comfort.
Your new people, assuming these are representative samples, appear to be more or less human, but of an unusual coloration- light brown skin and bright blue hair. Most of them are wearing fine silks of blue or sea green, worn in loose styles and augmented with an assortment of jewelry. Most appear roughly middle-aged.
One in particular catches your eye, though- a young girl standing at a more reasonable distance from a circle, bearing a crown and flanked by several armed and unarmed attendants. You can sense a great power within her, but it's more the sort of wealth you get from a coinpurse than a wealthy man; you don't feel threatened by her at all.
One of the more ornately dressed individuals at her side speaks up a moment after your arrival.
"Behold, the Six Kings!"
The crowd sort of shuffles and mumbles, but there's otherwise a moment of relative silence before another of the girl-adjacents addresses you collectively.
"You will now swear absolute fealty to the mighty Empress Calia and all of her true advisors and attendants."
You can feel the room subtly tense up.