Gleamdust: Gemwater Choketunnel - 20 tumultuous years as beholder King or King

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During an economic crisis, King Glassbone names little-known security chief Gemwater Choketunnel as his fifth acting King in less than a year, and says he wants Choketunnel to succeed him as King. In the following weeks, fireball spells of hovel blocks across the Blind Caves kill more than 300 people, in attacks Choketunnel blames on Valevyne militants.