| abstract
| - He is found three times on the Falderal streets, and once in the town hall, where he serves as a judge. His private parlor is also inside the town hall, and, upon accessing it, both Rosella and Valanice comment on how tacky it looks. Valanice enters Falderal, the Archduke interrogates her, but he welcomes her to Falderal, advising to "please take the Faux Shop with a grain of salt." (A hint to eat the salt crystals from the desert to be able to enter the Faux Shop.) He is distrustful of her, however, having never seen a human being before (despite Ceres and Attis living nearby, it seems he has never left the confines of Falderal), instead choosing to refer to her as a "pink thing." The entrance to the town hall is made off limits to Valanice because it's the Archduke's birthday, but Valanice can sneak in after obtaining the masquerade mask from the China Shop. Later in the same chapter, Valanice takes the green cheese from the fountain, which Chicken Petite believed to be the moon, and is arrested by the Archduke for moon thievery. Later, Valanice stands before a tribunal where the Archduke is the judge. She is found "Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!" by a jury of Falderanians and sentenced to remain in town until she can find a way to return the moon to the sky. She does so by using a tree with a sling-shot shaped bush and a rubber chicken to launch the green cheese into the air, and is given a full pardon by the Archduke. This is the last we see of him as the only Falderanian who will talk to her is Ersatz de Faux. Later Rosella travels to Falderal and enters, the Archduke greets her as he did Valanice. "Oh, another pink thing. Hello, pink thing." When Rosella talks to the townsfolk, they mention that Valanice was arrested, but acquitted. When Rosella enters the town hall, she finds the magic mirror that is an entrance to the Archduke's parlor is boarded up, to prevent other beings from using it, again (as Valanice had previously used it to get into his parlor to steal the magic statuette). She finds the parlor itself is empty.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)