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The two traveled through the yellow stone walls of the Phalanx for roughly fifteen minutes. As they did so TalOS noticed a great variety of Barracks, Gun Emplacements, and even an interior rail system. The amount of these things made sense to TalOS who had designed the inner workings of the Blackstone Fortress.
If people could not travel between one area and another with ease then concessions to the issues would be made. Both the Phalanx and the Blackstone Fortress both suffered the fact that they were bigger than even standard cities. Thus numerous Barracks littered the station with all the amenities that were required to sustain those people’s living. Lastly, quick transportation was given to get people like commanders from one end of their department to another.
TalOS had built his Fortress in much the same way and it only confirmed his hypothesis on the management of people in such a large station.
They made a turn in a few hallways and into a nondescript door that TalOS might have mistaken as any other door. The only difference was that it had signs of modification likely to accommodate the resident who took up the room.
Walking through the threshold TalOS saw a room that was covered with yellowish stone and aged walls. About one wall was a large tapestry of lineage of House Dorn, showing the numerous peoples that originated from an Arthur Dorn. TalOS quickly counted two hundred eighty six names with sixty two pictures showing the family members who mattered. The next second TalOS’s eyes tracked down Eadred, which tracked down to Eadwig to end with Dorn himself at the very end of the family tree.
TalOS took another second to look upon it with interest as it held within its meaning. He could hear the steps of Rogal change as he took notice of TalOS’s own change in demeanor. He did not say anything though to not interrupt TalOS’s admiration of the mural.
“It is odd to see you within a family tree. Your family must have seen themselves in you to make you the Patriarch.” TalOS mentioned as he noted the symbol that stood next to Rogal’s name and the fact he was center top of the entire art piece.
“They did.” His brother answered as if that was enough information to convey all the meaning to TalOS. And in TalOS’s opinion it was enough information.
As they left TalOS noted that the painting was not one that would have been made on Inwit, for records did not show them as a culture of painters. To his eye, TalOS was sure that it was either made in the system or by the hands of an Imperial Artisan. Either way it showed that it was either Rogal or a member of his immediate family who had it made.
