After two grueling years of training, Cecily succeeded in summoning a dragon she named Voidspire.
Cecily felt a connection to Voidspire unlike any she had experienced with anyone else. Cecily welcomed her daughter, Melianna Maelstrom, into the world, but fate withheld further children from Cecily. Gerard, in pursuit of heirs, took Lady Kasia Lukas as his wife. Within years, Kasia bore Vivianna and Victor Maelstrom, expanding the family line.
Using Voidspire as their fearsome weapon, under Gerard's strategic command through Cecily from the safety of her chambers in Tideguard, the Maelstroms orchestrated a daring usurpation. They deposed the ruling Stonewall family, who dwell within the palace walls of the Capital Kingdom of Holdenkeep.
The Maelstroms feared the prospect of other houses wielding the immense power Cecily commanded through Voidspire. To ensure their dominance and prevent this power from falling into enemy hands, they arranged a strategic marriage. Melianna, their daughter, was wed to Alaric Maelstrom, Gerard Maelstrom's own brother.
This union solidified their control and allegiance within the family, safeguarding their legacy and authority in Holdenkeep. Similar to her mother and grandmother before her, Melianna Maelstrom bore only one daughter, whom she named Avalynne Maelstrom.
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Cursed Tides
FantasyPART ONE The power of the Dragon's Eye allows its wielder to summon and gain control of dragons, coveted by the noble houses of Holdenkeep to assert dominance and maintain their hierarchy atop the kingdom.
