"In a land of enemies and betrayal, only the strongest can survive."
BOOK ONE OF THE 'QUEENS AND PAWNS' SERIES
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A story can begin when the balance between protagonist and antagonist is tipped, and even the most noble flinch away fro...
LMFAO I CAN'T EDIT SO DON'T JUDGE THE TRAILER, IT'S MOSTLY JUST A DUMP OF FACE CLAIMS LMAO
but, on the plus side, let us take a moment to appreciate that ethelind's face claim has a scottish accent
Characters featured in order of appearance: - Grace ( Anne Boleyn, the Tudors ) - Audrey ( Sansa Stark, Game of Thrones ) - Aella ( Jasmine, Aladdin ) - Landon ( King Henry, The King ) - Lorcan ( idk, blonde guy from Virgin Territory ) - Ulysses ( Jack, The Pillars of the Earth ) - Lol we can pretend Will is one of the archers - Ethelind ( Queen Mary, Mary Queen of Scots ) - Jax ( Francis, Reign ) - Althaia ( uhh Red Riding Hood? ) - Clovis ( guy after Althaia ) - Tinley ( person next to Landon ) - Anastasia ( ahhh my queen Inej from Shadow and Bone ) - Lynne and Filip ( Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia, The Borgias ) - Thyra and Calhoun ( Once Upon a Time ) - Fenton ( brown haired guy from The Three Musketeers ) - Akina ( Ichi ) - Alejandro ( guy you can barely see, The Three Musketeers ) - Adam ( guy from Pirates of the Caribbean ) - Koji ( guy who shows up for like 2 seconds, Ichi ) - Giulio ( Lancelot, Once Upon a Time )
forgive me, idk lots of the names of the face claims lol
i also have a spotify playlist for this called 'stalemate' on my account @ shellyyy m ( or you can find 'queens and pawns' if you want to include the playlist to 'checkmate', the ongoing sequel ! )
okok here's the character list
NOTE: the information listed below is not crucial to know, however may be used as reference later on :)
Each of the Five States are based on a different political system. You might notice references to these different cultures within these states:
The North - England, Tudor times The East - Roman Empire, Russia The South - a mix of European backgrounds lol The West - Renaissance Italy, and Ancient Greece The Free Isles - Japan
These might be in names, architecture, clothing, or weaponry, but please remember that at the end this is a fictitious piece of work ! These are just historical references that may have been incorporated from research, and any reference that might seem to regard harmful stereotypes is completely coincidental, so please message me if you think I am misrepresenting anything. I will never ignore you and would love hearing from you <33
(P.s sorry I know the map isn't great but it was my first time attempting one on Photoshop and I don't have the energy to redo it)
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