A Curse of the First

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~~A Hundred years before the main events~~

"Gather around! Gather around!" Queen Floral called. Many Maomdeds gathered around their queen. "It is time for the retelling of Maomd's greatest victory... and curse." Most of the crowd had heard this story once before but others gasped.

"This is the story of Melancholy. She was the most beautiful Maomded to ever walk Maomd. With skin like a redwood and eyes like an oak. She was tall and had short, fluffy, black hair." The crowd smiled and a few awed.

"Seeming kind, she had many friends. Friends she would betray. Melancholy bewitched everyone, even humans and Phobiaeos!" Queen Floral whispered dramatically.

"She wasn't really a Maomded. No, she was a human. Barely any Phobiaeos met her, but the ones who did always joined her side.

"Soon, she had an army. An army that would do anything she said. Melancholy had secrets that no one knew. Like that she could do magic. Of course, that's just one example. She had many other secrets. We don't even know half of them." The queen sighed.

"Back to the story. Melancholy was alive two hundred years ago, when humans ruled and Maomdeds and Phobiaeos were brand new. Her mother's name was Breeze and her father's name was Fallow. She looked exactly like her mother and father, and was expected to be exactly like them too."

With a shake of her head, Queen Floral continued, "But she wasn't. She was a "witch" in her people's view, just because she had magic. Her parents tried to hide it for as long as possible but it was revealed when she was sixteen. She was cast out and shunned, but swore revenge."

"Melancholy quickly gathered her army, having to use her magic on a few. In only a couple of years, she was more powerful than anything else. The Maomdeds and Phobiaeos has just started a war with the humans, causing the perfect distraction.

"She quickly used that to her advantage and attack Maomd, killing the current king and queen." Moamdeds in the crowd open their mouths to say something, but Queen Floral flicked her hand to shush them.

"Melancholy became the queen and chained up the princess. She knew that she couldn't leave Maomd with human rulers after she was gone, she wasn't that cruel, so she locked up the princess to be her successor. The Maomdeds didn't riot because they were in a war and Melancholy served as a good Queen."

The crowd booed, thinking that a human could never make a good Queen. A flash of anger crossed Queen Floral's face. "SILENCE!" She called, causing a hush to fall over the crowd.

"But Melancholy knew that her reign would not last forever... so she had a necklace made. In it sat an emerald, attached to a gold chain. She enchanted it so that if any other humans entered Maomd, a flood would start to drive them out.

"This wasn't entirely good for Maomd. If there ever was a flood, it would destroy Maomd and Phobiae. Luckily, that has never happened—and never will."