The missing Pegasus Music Box found!

(Year 234, Winter) When the testament reading of late Mrs Paula (Ching) Altham took place this week, a big surprise was revealed. Not that the deceased woman was good for hundreds of thousads of simoleons, and not that the recently changed testament favored her widower with as much as legally possible according to heritage laws - 50%. No, the surprise was a very old music box!

Paula C. Altham possessed the Pegasus Music Box, which has been missing for more than 225 years! In fact, it was written off as forever lost a couple centuries ago. It was a dear item to Queen Coldine, who was the consort to King Baltazar II. It's been said she enjoyed its music every night before going to bed, and daily for the princes and princesses while they were infants and toddlers. Then, one day it was gone.

The former King Courtis was accused for having stolen the queen's music box, but he was never arrested as the box or other evidences were lacking. By then the former monarch had been degraded to a village Bard, and he now wrote a verse praising the missing Pegasus Music Box, still known as the «Queen's Mourn of the Pegasus».

Some historians even suggested that if this music box did not disappear that early in our history, maybe the pegasus would have captured the cultural position that the llama got.

Well, you might now wonder how Paula (Ching) Altham got this ancient piece of a royal clenody? Luckilly, the former owners were listed on an old piece of paper. She inherited the music box from her father Esmond Ching, who had gotten it from his mother, Emergale of House of Brixerwood. From her, the line of owners lead back to Baron Victor of Verde (died Year 65), who again had inherited it from his father Wilhelm Donnersmalt, 1st Baron of Verde and before that: King Baltazar's Knight.

The paper says the music box was crafted in Year 3. Back then the royals resided at the old Heighwod Castle, which had been built on the Heighwood Farm, which is now part of Britechester. 

It might seem like the Bard, Courtis Thebe, was innocent all along, while the Knight might have something to answer for. We will never get to know the details, but at least - the queen's Pegasus is back! The value of §13,000 might not fully reflect its history. The item is now owned by Mr Floyd Juan Altham, Paula's widower. He was to keep 50% of her half of teir possessions, according to testament, meaning he is now the 2nd biggest owner of the von Kaching family company, Ching, Inc. Paula's nephew and niece, Mr Edward von Kaching, Baron of Gloom and Mrs Aili vK. Landgraab shared the rest as Paula's only life heirs.

PS: The Pegasus Music Box was featured in the historical videoseries Mazaloom Medieval (part 5), produced by Simmerville Studios back in Year 226-227 (youtube).