Robin Markand, alias Ron Jeweller, arrived in the city of Teletos on a Daish Shaktay warship, the Queen Zulani. It was a stately galleon with three masts, many sails and a line of cannons on each side. It was the first ship to visit Teletsia from Daish Shaktay since Rajay Ghiry had become king, because until now he had discouraged contact with this inauspicious country.

Teletos, the capital, was built on a number of islands in the estuary of a river. Robin landed unobtrusively and disappeared into the business quarter, leaving Namoh Hillfarmer, now Lord Santara, to attract attention. Namoh announced he was from King Rajay, on an official mission to buy guns, as Teletsia had the best cannon foundries. With him was Valya, Lord Northwestern, who had come to iron out a few diplomatic problems. These were not the main reasons for the voyage. Robin was, and the other two were just to detract from that.