THREE DARK QUEENS
are born in a glen
SWEET LITTLE TRIPLETS
will never be friends
THREE DARK WITCHES
all fair to be seen
TWO TO DEVOUR
one to be queen
On the island of Fennbirn every generation three triplets are born, all equal heirs to the throne...
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The hooves of the horses pound on the stone path as they pull the carriage at a fast pace. In the carriage Queen Nalani daydreams as her head leans back onto something hard and uncomfortable but she doesn't notice for she is not in the carriage, but somewhere deep in her thoughts, the only escape she has from reality. She ignores Vivianne, Hestia and Kali while they talk about Rowan.
"Rowan is a warrior now Mother," Hestia says, with a small smile on her face as she turns to Vivianne, "are you proud?"
Vivianne matches her daughter's smile and replies, "I am proud of my nephew, he has done well in his training in Bastian City and I am also proud of you Hestia and of course Nalani, our fine young queen," Vivianne smiles before stretching her hand to hold Nalani's, clasping it in support, "the people of Rolanth see our joint power, they support our queen and her journey to the crown."
Hestia smiles before talking, "It is a journey Lani will succeed and she will bring power and glory to the elementals and finally diminish some of the poisoner Arrons power."
There is an unusual bitter tone in Hestia's usually happy voice as she speaks about the Arrons, who are forever power hungry and are as slippery as snakes. Everyone loathes them.
As before Queen Halia's war reign, there were was a poisoned dynasty with so many queens: Queen Nicola, Queen Sylvia, Queen Camille, Katharine the Undead and Queen Arsinoe the White Handed.
All those generations of queens made the Arrons too strong and made them particularly vengeful when their reign was ended by Queen Halia, the first war queen in generations.
Their rage was unfathomable - their power ripped from them like a plant from its roots. And the Arrons roots run deep but they have since been uprooted by the Murtras. The Arrons from Prynn and the Murtras from Bastian have had a rivalry ever since then. The war gifted take pride in being the ones to take the poisoners power.
Though the rest of the island hate the Arrons anyway. And the biggest rivalry between families is now the Radurons and the Arrons. Shadows and snakes, two sides of the same monstrous coin.
Vivianne rarely talks about Queen Halia but no elementals particularly do as her reign has ended and she was a war queen; after she had recovered from the triplets birth she departed the island with her king consort as all queens do. The Goddess had sent the three new queens and thus the old queen's role was over. No one knows what happens to the queens who go to the mainland, perhaps they live a peaceful happy life. Perhaps.
Nalani smiles at Hestia and takes her hand with her free one, clasping it tightly, she is grateful for true friends at this time. As much as she appears confident, she doesn't want to face Carina and Arwen alone.
"Thank you Hestia," Nalani says, with love in her eyes, "you are a true friend, same to you Kali."
Kali, who is sitting in the corner quietly lets out a small smile at Nalani's kind words and blushes.
