Crown Princess Leonore, heir to the queendom of Dranath, likes women, obviously. The Queen Mother Carmilla marries her off to Sir Gabriel, obviously.
So when she finds out Sir Gabriel is a woman...
Dranath; queendom of mystique, bordered by jealous...
Crown Princess Leonore, heir to the queendom of Dranath, likes women, obviously. The Queen Mother Carmilla marries her off to Sir Gabriel, obviously.
So when she finds out Sir Gabriel is a woman...
Dranath; queendom of mystique, bordered by jealous allies. To the southwest, the states of Aurune. East is the coast and the maritime poleis of Raham. To the north, the Hierstag clans.
Rich in land and crop and poor in everything else, the queendom is closed in from all fronts. And when the sword of years-long grudges is brought to bear, who will play it to the hilt?
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i wanted to say that this book is my love letter to imperialism, but that makes it sound like i support it. so take this book as lovingly crafted hatemail non-anonymously submitted to imperialism's tumblr asks.
yeah there's magic(k) in this one. and a lot of geopolitics! might have gotten carried away with the geopolitics, but there's lots of moments between our protagonists.
come for the gay, stay for the political machinations. or come for the political machinations and stay for the gay, i dont mind.
3rd person pov, leonore-centric, no homophobia (at least, not the kind we usually see), i want to say butch/femme but honestly it's butch gabriel/whatever the hell leonore is
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Update notes
April 21, 2024
I have published the prologue entitled "Letters"to establish the world. I do want everyone to know that the tone of the book won't sound like it, and the narration will read much more contemporary once the chapters get going.
June 15, 2024
First chapter and maps published.
June 26, 2024
Updated "Letters" with a newer draft.
June 30, 2024
Second chapter uploaded.
November 4, 2024
Made a small tweak in a scene in Chapter 4 - The Werewolf to let a certain facet of Leonore's character shine early. That's what I get for publishing alongside a first draft, I suppose.
We're at Chapter 22! Started editing all chapters to roll out my new line breaks. I'm using a black stylized line with a transparent background, but apparently Wattpad doesn't recognize that it's a PNG and displays it with a white background.
Sorry sepia and dark mode readers! It should still be better than three aligned-left asterisks though.
