You challenge her to duel to determine if she is worthy of tribute!
She laughs and draws her axe, you draw your Sky Iron Knife.
5*
Queen Tomyra swings her sword but you duck and dodge, before you manage to stab her in the face. She howls like a wounded wolf would and staggers backwards.
5*
After that you manage to dance around her for a while and then stab her in the back and knock her off her feet. Her men then rush to help their Queen and drag her away.
"I am Dron, second-in-command." Says one of them with impressive handlebar moustache. "You are indeed powerful, Luathbas King." Then they leave and later you receive reports that Queen Tomyra was stripped of her title, violated by her men, then chopped up and served to starving dogs. After this gruesome spectacle, the horsemen sailed forth westwards without a word.
868 AD, Mid-Spring
"The Spymaster brings great news, sire." Says the advisor as the hooded&cloaked figure besides him bows.
"My liege, my agents have captured an armed elf that was attempting to sneak into your Palace this very night. What shall we do with him? As the elves are targeting your family, I thought it would be prudent to ask you first. May I add that his pointy-eared fella isn't particularily talkative."
A) Seek answers via usual interrogation.
B) Torture and maim him till he spills the beans.
C) Murder him and hang his corpse outside palace's walls.
D) Descend to the dungeon and personally query the elf for answers.