Newly Found Royalty

Ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ １

          The Kingdom of Uneilia, known as the Star-cross Haven, the stories that circled Uneilia were that the first king, The Great King, established the kingdom. He named it after a Guardian Star that he followed that helped him to find the perfect landscape that was the foundation for the now prosperous kingdom. After years of ruling over his kingdom, he fell ill and on his deathbed, surrounded by his family and servants, he took his last breath and a white light shined upon him. Legends say that he was able to become a star and join the star that guided him. The Kingdom of Uneilia holds a festival every year on the day of the Great King's death to honor their Union. Some people, with the royal family's blessing, even have their weddings in the royal garden (The wealthy of course). 

          The Kingdom of Uneilia landscape is elegant; cascading waterfalls, impressive architecture and silent mountains. Throughout the years every king divides their kingdom into more manageable regions, giving it to their most trusted advisors. The Kingdom is divided into three regions: 𝘋𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘋𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳. A population of about 870,000 of mixed races, the people are indifferent towards foreigners depending on the area of the division you go to. The main source of living is Blacksmithing, fishing, weaponsmithing, and trading. Uneilia is very alluring in both scenery and history out of all the Five Kingdoms, but that was only the parts of the Kingdom that actually saw the light of day.

There are the 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴, which consist of the Royal Family, Baronets, Knights, Investors, etc...

Next is the 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 that is split into two parts, the upper-middle, and lower-middle. The upper are large scale business owners, bankers, doctors, lawyers, etc... The lower middle consists of Farmers, Blacksmiths, Carpenters, Shopkeepers, etc...

Then finally there was the 𝘚𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘴. You had the legitimate working class of labor, miners, sweepers, and seamstresses. Then there was the "𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥". A place where the affluent would go to look down on those less fortunate than them. Every region has a section, but the Eastern Region, where Tawni lives with her mother, is the worst.

          This horrid place was a living nightmare, the homes were underdeveloped for those that were lucky enough to actually have one, while others slept on the streets or in tented areas. The only light that seemed to make this life worth it was her mother Esther Laidon. The best way to describe Esther was selfless and the apple of Tawni's eye. She was a wonderful parent that even sold her body to make sure her daughter could eat. During the day she would sleep or play with Tawni and the neighboring children. At night as she tucked Tawni into bed, singing her a lullaby before going off to work. Tawni learned that no matter how good you are, no matter how good you do, good people always seem to suffer. 

          One night as Tawni was getting tucked in for bed, she couldn't help but wonder what her father was like, so she got the courage to ask her mother about him. "He was a wonderfully caring man, that was excited for you to be born. He was so charming and even though he could have his pick of anyone he wanted, he chose me. You actually have a lot of his features." Her mother told her, her mother's expression clouded over with tears threatening to fall. Seeing her mother in such a state made Tawni's heart weep, she never wanted her to look like that, Tawni could tell how much her mother missed her father and that he was in a better place.

          A few days after Tawni had turned seven, her mother's illness became more persistent. In the beginning, it was only faint coughs here and there, the occasional fever spike, but nothing more than that. To help her mother more she would start taking on more chores to lessen the workload on her mother, even trying to go days without eating so her mother could eat more. The closer it got towards Tawni's eighth birthday her mother's condition was only getting worse. One night her mother went out on a quick errand leaving Tawni at home, once she was back home her mother collapsed. Esther was in bed but she was smiling, Tawni changing her mother's towel asked her what was making her so happy, she couldn't understand. 

          Esther simply turned her smile to her daughter, "Soon you are going to have a bright future, and when that time comes I might not be there with you." Tawni took her mother's rambling with a grain of salt, blaming it on the fever. There was no way she was going to leave her mother, she was going to get better as long as Tawni was taking care of her. Later that night as she listened to her mother tried to sing her to sleep, Seiko started coughing more as if something was clotting her throat. Once her mother's coughing fit stopped she saw that her mother's hand was bloody. Tawni's face was drained of color at the sight of it, she looked up to her mother to see her smiling back at her.