My kingdom, the one I was born into, was obliterated.
[ there's another crack in her voice, and her grip on his hand goes tight ]
We'd allied with a patron dragon thousands of years ago, and he descended into madness. My father...was one of many from the royal family who kept up a friendship with him, out of the kindness of his heart, but...it didn't matter. All of the First Dragons are destined to lose their minds, eventually. He killed my father, and went on a rampage. Destroyed the land, razed the buildings, killed almost all of our citizens. The ones he didn't, he kept around as slaves.
So my mother took me and fled. And...she met the king of Nohr, and they fell in love, and she became his second queen. But he--had a lot of jealous lovers. Concubines vying for his affections, because he was weak to love. They nearly all killed each other. So, of course, they wanted nothing to do with...with this new queen, and her daughter, who had more of a claim to the throne than the king's bastard children did.
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My kingdom, the one I was born into, was obliterated.
[ there's another crack in her voice, and her grip on his hand goes tight ]
We'd allied with a patron dragon thousands of years ago, and he descended into madness. My father...was one of many from the royal family who kept up a friendship with him, out of the kindness of his heart, but...it didn't matter. All of the First Dragons are destined to lose their minds, eventually. He killed my father, and went on a rampage. Destroyed the land, razed the buildings, killed almost all of our citizens. The ones he didn't, he kept around as slaves.
So my mother took me and fled. And...she met the king of Nohr, and they fell in love, and she became his second queen. But he--had a lot of jealous lovers. Concubines vying for his affections, because he was weak to love. They nearly all killed each other. So, of course, they wanted nothing to do with...with this new queen, and her daughter, who had more of a claim to the throne than the king's bastard children did.
[ so.
there's reason #1
don't play games for people's love, friends ]