Beauty And The Vampire: It All Started With A Rose #1

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75 years ago

It was a little after the sun had gone down.  Birds had found shelter and main work for the day was done.  Midst of all this, a girl was out in the woods, lost.  Bruised badly and on the verge of crying and giving up,  she thought that it was purely good luck that had brought her to the doors of the Willington Manor hidden in the woods.  The girl didn't know that it was purely bad luck.  She didn't know that soon she would be wishing she was out dead in the woods.The girl knocked on the gate but heard no answer from inside.  The door was hard to open or maybe locked from outside, the girl didn't know.  All she knew was that she needed shelter and some rest.  With that in her mind she wondered. Unable to walk much and stumbling often, the girl once again was lost, this time inside the manor's boundary. This time she fell on a rose bush where she was lead subconsciously.

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Izabelle was enjoying the setting sun not knowing what was to come.  Light peaked in through the large window as she sat cross legged on the chair reading the book left behind.

The tales of the Golden Kingdom, Kingdom of Fire and snow.

1- Geography

Alera, the kingdom of fire and snow was named thus by the first ruler of the land King James the first.  The Kingdom spreads across a vast land with the north having volcanoes and the south having snow clad hills. The planes in the middle of the two lands has the capital of Alera, Cleus. The rumour has it that the capital was named after King James younger cousin brother. The fact has not been confirmed but could be true.

To the East of the kingdom resides another kingdom, Amara. Amara has a pleasant climate through out the year.  It was founded by King James's cousin, King Atheus and has good relations with Alera.  Amara, unlike Alera has also been ruled by a queen from time to time.  The capital of Amara was named Ale after Alera as it is said that King Athens deeply admired his older cousin King James. The fact has not been confirmed but could be true.

To the West of Alera there are two kingdoms separated from the continent on which Alera resides. The Two kingdoms have lands large enough for them to be called countries even after being Island Kingdoms.  Both the countries have trade routes with Alera however they are hostile with each other and continue to be at war with each other.  The founders of the countries, Sena and Ralaria are unknown till date.  All the data about the first king were destroyed.  It is rumoured that the current line ruling the kingdoms are usurpers. Another rumour states that the royal families of both the share blood.  The truth is not known as both Sena and Raleria keep quite about the topic. 

To the Far East lies a troublesome country named Vinair. The kingdom is quite hostile and quite resourceful.  It is the second largest kingdom with the most amount of of islands under its name.  It also has the Most power over the Gulf of trios even though the gulf is a neutral territory.  The Alerian land near the gulf has high mountains making the gulf a less used waters.

On one of his visits, King Atheus the Second, the great grandson of King Athens said in the praise of the kingdom, "The sun on the clear snow and the bright orange red lava under the sun, a kingdom as golden as its people. A kingdom to be inspired from."  Since then Alera has also been referred to as the golden kingdom.

The north side of the kingdom is referred to as the kingdom's fire and the south is referred to as the kingdoms snow.  Both the places have the temperature like their name and are scarcely inhabited.  Many islands around the Kingdom's fire are inhabited for agriculture whereas many islands around the Kingdom's snow are inhabited for fishing.  Both the yields come to the center and nearby areas for sale amongst the highest concentration of People. 

Apart from Cleus, cities like August, Thane and Etone  are highly populated. August is a cheerful city near Amara with a lovely climate like Amara's.  Thane is the busiest port city between Sena and Rayleria and Etone is the city of Scholars. Other few popular cities include Kane, dros, Segaria, and  James.

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"Izabelle? Would you please lock all the windows. I would be home in a few minutes." A voice brought Izabelle out of the book.  She could still see images of each place in her head. She searched for the source of her disturbance but found none.  Still seeing as how the voice has resembled  Eliana's she decided to obey. Little did she know what Eliana had up her sleeves.

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Hope you could understand the world more. It was about time the story stepped outside the four walls.  The chapter may seem meaningless but it's important !

Do you guys have any questions?  I am planning to post a Q and A for that.  Just leave it in the comment =)

Until next time,

Love,

Princess_Arialanne