Itomi, Vurbentan Rim, Ryccian Empire

"This is the High Diplomatic Chief of Vurbenta, Carl William Joseph Honorius Trustien Charlotte-Imperial Arvoyant, Duke in Constantinople and Baronet in Arvoyant, present. I do counsel you to embark in your shuttle and arrive at the hangar that is located at my yacht. Once your presence has been confirmed, my personal servant shall receive you. He and my two guards shall escort you to my ship's meeting room, where we are to hold these negotiations"

Two other ships arrived. These were the other diplomats. Compared to Carl's extravagant vessel, these shuttles were the standard issue for the diplomatic service. They contained two Humans who could not be more different than the flamboyant nobleman.

Thint Grivyern was from Novaterra, a Human-dominated region for certain, but it was not the glittering splendour of the Core. Novaterra was settled by poorer Humans a few thousands of years ago, and thus did not share the aristocratic culture of the Core. In popular culture, Novaterra was more pedestrian. Its customs diverge significantly from the Core, as they have their roots in the commoners, not the nobles or any wealthy class. His homeworld, Kalmthout, was nothing remarkable either. It was known as an low-end industrial world, producing cheap products. Although its citizens were certainly no Chinese sweatshop workers labouring for slave wages (that practice practically became extinct a few hundred years ago), they were far poorer than the "high-end snobs" at the Core. Thint's life seemed destined to end up as a worker at the factory, supervising the droids and fixing anything built wrongly, but his brilliant intellect saved him. Albeit he had a poor, working-class background, Thint managed to get a scholarship at the Royal Imperial University of Onder, in the region of New Daonlathas. For a kid with factory workers as parents, getting into the 30th best university in the entire country was almost a miracle. He had always desired to be a diplomat, and he succeeded, becoming the High Diplomatic Chief of Northern Ryccia. In short, he came from a lackluster background, but he had made a name for himself. Self-made.

The other Human was Carlias Alpontet, a native of the Wider Ryccian world of Helias. Wider Ryccia, along with the Eastern Region, were wealthier than Novaterra. The latter was generally seen as "lower middle-class", but the former were solidly stereotyped as "middle-class". They were nowhere near the Core, however.

Carlias came from a background of middle-class civil servants: her mother was a school teacher and her father was a clerk at a government agency. Her parents actually planned well and saved enough money for her to go to the Helias Royal Academy, a school for the local elite. She grew up with far more affluent friends, but her parents always instilled a spirit of responsibility, austerity and hard of work in her. Their sacrifices had paid off, as he was accepted at the Royal Imperial University of Legada, a higher education institution in the Core that was the 21st best in the Ryccian Empire. She entered the diplomatic service and was successful, becoming the Diplomatic Chief of the Eastern Region. Like Thint, she was self-made. She had no purple birth, a lofty upbringing, servants to pamper her every need, elite tutors to help her excel, close connections to the aristocracy or any of that. She was there through her own hard work.

As Carl had already arrived early, they proceeded to dock at his yacht as indicated. They got there earlier than the Stoinians, and they awaited the representative of these savages. Unlike Carl, their garments were more "normal", or at least not the Core's excessive and grandiose style. Thint was dressed with 18th century formal attire without the powdered wig, and Carlias wore 21st century formal clothing (note: these clothes are not directly linked to those eras ICly). The Stoinians may find them more normal.