Post by Robinwing on May 28, 2012 16:29:39 GMT -5
The Court Sorceress was practically thought of as one of the great knights, in Etlaris. She was great friends with some of them, including the king himself, as close to them as if she'd been their sister. Foreign dignitaries often started their first visits with an attempt to treat her as lesser, because she was a woman, or perhaps because she was a sorceress. Either way, the king, knights, and she herself quickly set them right, and dignitaries often left Etlaris more afraid of that woman than anything else they may have come across. It did not even matter when she was with child, though that did make her a good deal more agreeable. In her lifetime, she bore four girls, and refused to tell anyone who had fathered them. She often teased the king and knights that they couldn't threaten the father, without knowing who he was.
The fourth killed her. In her dying hours, she insisted that the king and her closest friends be allowed to speak to her, so that she could reassure them and plan with them one last time. Plan where her daughters were to go without her, as no one knew who their father was, and who was to raise them. The king offered to take them in, as did the knights, but whoever was decided on never got to see the girls. Weeping over the death of the greatest sorceress of their time, in their hearts, their sister, they went to find the girls, to explain to them that they'd not be seeing their mummy again.
The girls weren't there. Not even the hours old baby. The king and the knights practically turned the castle upside down looking for them, but there was simply no trace.
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16 years have past since that day. Some knights have completely given up on finding the sorceress' daughters, mourning them along with their mother, some, like the king, have never stopped keeping an eye and an ear open, in the fervent hope that the girls may have survived. They are right to do so. The girls are indeed out there.
Circumstances, or perhaps destiny, is guiding them all towards the home of their mother. The capital city. But, danger still lurks in the shadow of the great castle, and there may still be some who lie in wait for the girls to return, those who stole them in the first placeā¦
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Thankfully, in their lives, these girls may have found any number of allies. People willing to take part in the investigation into what their origins are, and watch out for them. People who fill their lives as well.
Fate has also taken a hand through some of the young squires. They've heard rumours that the famous court sorceress had children, but the fact that her daughters vanished is not a well known thing, the girls officially being declared dead. These boys, through some snooping and other methods, have recently learned of it. Eager to test their skills and prove themselves, they have decided to try to find the girls.
Of course, they can no more do these things alone than the girls can...
The fourth killed her. In her dying hours, she insisted that the king and her closest friends be allowed to speak to her, so that she could reassure them and plan with them one last time. Plan where her daughters were to go without her, as no one knew who their father was, and who was to raise them. The king offered to take them in, as did the knights, but whoever was decided on never got to see the girls. Weeping over the death of the greatest sorceress of their time, in their hearts, their sister, they went to find the girls, to explain to them that they'd not be seeing their mummy again.
The girls weren't there. Not even the hours old baby. The king and the knights practically turned the castle upside down looking for them, but there was simply no trace.
---
16 years have past since that day. Some knights have completely given up on finding the sorceress' daughters, mourning them along with their mother, some, like the king, have never stopped keeping an eye and an ear open, in the fervent hope that the girls may have survived. They are right to do so. The girls are indeed out there.
Circumstances, or perhaps destiny, is guiding them all towards the home of their mother. The capital city. But, danger still lurks in the shadow of the great castle, and there may still be some who lie in wait for the girls to return, those who stole them in the first placeā¦
---
Thankfully, in their lives, these girls may have found any number of allies. People willing to take part in the investigation into what their origins are, and watch out for them. People who fill their lives as well.
Fate has also taken a hand through some of the young squires. They've heard rumours that the famous court sorceress had children, but the fact that her daughters vanished is not a well known thing, the girls officially being declared dead. These boys, through some snooping and other methods, have recently learned of it. Eager to test their skills and prove themselves, they have decided to try to find the girls.
Of course, they can no more do these things alone than the girls can...