The Royal Hanging

Annaliese Rose was the heir of the Orelinde Kingdom, daughter of King Fastolph and the deceased Queen Mareline. At the time of her mother’s death she was fourteen years of age, four years away from being crowned the new Queen of Orelinde. The death devastated the family and brought her father into a depressed and raging state of mind, which in turn lead to the clash of the Orelinde and Gamwich kingdoms. A war broke out between the two, a war that would last until a brave sacrifice. On the day of Annaliese’s seventeenth birthday, three years since the Elvish-Mage war had started, her father announed his engagement to Solstice Primula, the Queen of Gamwich. Three days after the announcement the two would be married and a war ended. The sacrifice would go unnoticed by Annaliese, until the day of his death, which would occur exactly one month from her eighteenth birthday. His death was a sudden one that would allow Solstice to become the primary ruler of both kingdoms, an event that would change the course of Annaliese’s life. For on the day before eighteenth birthday, during her crowning rehearsal, and attempted assassination of Annaliese would take place by one hired by someone within the royal family. Fingers were pointed and Queen Solstice was the main suspect. The crowning was to be put on hold until the day the Queen, herself, tried to kill her step-daughter, the day that Annaliese made a run for her life.