Chapters tagged queen

by An0nymus1ndividual

Chapter 2

It’s been another long day at court. Endless meaningless squabbles, gifts from neighboring realms to agonize over the meaning of, and just a thousand things you hate dealing with. If you could, you would gladly give it all up - but you have no heir, and you can’t even select a hu...

by Blackhand

Chapter 4

Gracefully sliding into the bedroom, you examined the outfit chosen for you. A queen cannot be expected to spend time on wardrove selection. You're pleased to find a deep red gown waiting for you. It's long, trailing is lined with a gilding of real gold. As are the hems and the l...

by Blackhand

Chapter 5

And of course that crown was too heavy for you. The woman in that reflection, although beautiful, was scarcely more then a girl. The inexperience and "innocence" was written on your face. You were never supposed to become Queen. Your father was still young and your elder brother...

by Blackhand

Chapter 6

Today is no ordinary day, after all. For the first time since you ascended to the throne, you've decided to entertain a suitor. A visitor who has come all this way to meet you and to try to earn your hand in marriage. As a royal monarch, courtship is a common, ritualized affair....

by Blackhand

Chapter 7

Your kingdom, the land of Telia, is among the most prestigious and refined nations of the continent. Your people are well-educated, refined, and a bastion of culture. Plays from your playwrights are performed far and wide. Court fashion among your subjects are widely emulated in...

by Blackhand

Chapter 8

Your advisors had warned you that Torqu could never be a fit consort for you for a myriad reason. The most important reason was matters of succession. It was well known that the offspring of an orc and a human depended on the father. An orcish mother and a human father produced h...

by Blackhand

Chapter 11

It was scarcely two weeks later when you received a scroll of parchment, delivered to you by a traveler from the coast. Your eyes lit up when you saw the princely wax seal that bound the letter. The Prince had answered you back! It was a pleasant letter, filled with fond reminis...

by Blackhand

Chapter 12

The words from his letter stuck in your head and made you dizzy. What would it be like, cloistered away as some harem -concubine? You knew, from personal reading, that few ever saw the concubines of High Masters. They were usually kept cloistered away in cages and gardens wh...