It doesn't take long, just as he expected. The Amazon is typically prompt and seems to frequently patrol in the inner walls of the kingdom.
From afar Tiphon can hear the footfalls of a pair approaching, in which he assumes to be mother and child. A strange anxiety laps over him and chokes him of air for a fleeting heartbeat before he shakes his head and gathers himself. There are a number of his children running around now, but few will have an opportunity to attain power. Few have the combination of two kingdom families merged into one. This child, male or female, may potentially wield power in one of the two kingdoms, if not more should there be marriages among other countries across Beqanna. There are plans for this child so perhaps that is the reason Tiphon finds himself fidgeting until they arrive.
The colt is black. There's no hint of magic to be seen but Tiphon doesn't fault the boy at all. It's a colt; he has a son to potentially inherit the world.
A smile slips across the angel's lips before his gaze lifts to meet Lagertha's. "What's his name?" She met him with silence as to allow their child to have the attention as though on display. Together, this is what they created. There are no defects, no problems. Even she seems of decent health after having carried their product for so long. "Will he live here until he is weaned?" The colt would have no role in a matriarchal kingdom. At least in the Dale, he will be a prince and have siblings to occupy his time. Little does Tiphon realize how the thrill of power may consume all of his children.
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