You tear off your shirt, and the youth does too, and the sunlight shines on your manly, toned torsos, causing few ladies in attendance - and few male courtiers - to gasp in awe.
6*
The duel is uneventful and ends when you bypass Lozer's defenses and stab him in the head.
The people that had gathered at the council gasp in awe louder than before and murmur to each other as the guards, mumbling apologies, drag the bleeding corpse outside.
You sit back down and the council continues... and it dawns on you that it would be a little more exciting if you managed to draw the duel a bit longer.
Oh, well.
805 NWE, Autumn
Who is gonna be a proud father (again)? You are!
As it turns out, Hege hasn't been gaining weight, but yet another child is growing inside her womb, the healers confirm.
805 NWE, Winter
Sitting by Duk's bed, you place your hand on his forehead. Its so hot you could swear it's burning your hand.
"This is a strange illness that our healers aren't skilled in dealing with, my liege." The Advisor explains quietly; Hege weeps quietly at the other side of the bed.
"There are few men of medicine and thaumaturgy that live in the city, but they value their skills greatly, so perhaps your Majesty should instead turn to the divine and pray that they deliver Duk from this sickness..."
A) "Get me those healers, money is not a problem when my boy's life is at stake!"
B) "I shall go to the wild altars of the Old Gods outside the city and sacrifice an animal to appease them!"
C) "I must visit the Temple of New Church and pray to the One amongst the mist and smoke of incense!"