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| - The Argurons are members of a secret subterranean civilization beneath Paris (apparently, one of many). So far, very little has been revealed about them. Argurons seem to be human, but some of them are much taller than the human average. A few seen in the Arguron palace are [ head and shoulders taller] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] than Ardsley Wooster and have so little pigmentation that they could be albinos, almost as if they are a separate race. The Argurons are ruled by a King. They have been locked in a generations-long war with the Talpini, but recently have reached an accord with their former enemies, due to the efforts of Jiminez Hoffmann, who arranged a political marriage between members of the Arguron and Talpini Royal Families. Many, if not all, Argurons are Revenants, and their King has revealed that he is in league with "a Glorious Queen," who seems to be the Other. Princess Larana Chroma, the King's daughter, disagrees vehemently with this course for the kingdom, and has rebelled against her father and entered into an alliance with the neighboring Talpini Moligarchy, entering into an arranged marriage with their prince to secure their aid.
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