When the Mother saw fit to create Prythian, poured out of the cauldron came eight lands, eight courts; Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Dawn, Day, Dusk, and Night. These lived separately from each other with respect.
However, it could not last. Two of the most ruthless courts equals of strength, Dusk and Night came to war. The court of Dusk was accused of breaking the balance with trickery and seduction of the Night Court's Highlord, for the ruler of Dusk was no highlord, but a highlady!
Duskcourt being ruled by highladies, and women inferior to males, was believed to be stronger if ruled by males. So once the Highlord of Night and heir of Dusk were discovered to be mates, all of Prythian became afraid of the power they would hold. If these were joined, either highlord or lady could be future heirs, powerful ones combined of two courts. Males or females, as Dusk and Night would be more powerful than any high faerie.
The courts decided against this marriage and many believe it was all if not one or more of them, that struck. With the suspected help from a member(s) on one or both sides also opposed to the marriage, they killed and dismembered the Highlord of Night and left him on the courts' borders. Only on the duskcourt.
Thinking the nighcourt killed their own as a threat, Dusk made the first move. Night thinking Dusk, one male in particular who was originally engaged to the Dusk court heir, had tricked and betrayed them, never hesitate to strick back. Things only got worse when the Duskcourt heir was found dead. No one could tell if it was by her hand or the hand of another. Let alone by whose hand it may have been!
With the Nightcourt's new Highlord, the former's older brother, the war continued for five years. Due to their power, Dusk covered much of the Nightcourt in large stone mountains. But even that could not stop the nightcourts vast armies of the high and lesser fae. Dusk being ruled by highladies was its weakness as females could not heir as many offspring as males. Once the highlady fell, taking any hope of another heir with her and the daughters of the heir son missing, Dusk fell. All memory, and all trace was removed from its existence. Only those who may or may not have survived from Dusk can say it existed without anyone to believe them!
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FanfictionA Court Of Dusk and Destruction Prequel! The Highlord of Night is mates with the Heir to Dusk Court. However, this puts fear in the other courts, but what will they do against the two most powerful courts in Prythian? Even many within these courts h...
