When this tale begins, the kingdom, Tasanee, was at war with the nearby kingdom of Agradeyanira. Each kingdom was strong, but Tasanee was slowly losing, and the Agradeyanirians were blocking all passages in and out of Tasanee, so there was no way to get more warriors, supplies, or messages anywhere.
Tasanee was a bountiful country, happy and prosperous. The rulers, King Alden and Queen Halimah had two beautiful children,twins, a boy and a girl, 16, Prince Alger, and Princess Mahala. Prince Alger, known to everyone as Algie, was skilled at everything. He was scholarly, and wise beyond his years, but was also a valuable warrior. At 7, he began lessons from the warrior Andreas. By 13, he could hit the bullseye every time in archery, flip the sword from the opponent in sword fighting in less than a minute, and pin the opponent to the ground in just over two minutes while combat fighting. The country knew he would be a brave and just ruler one day. He was the very image of a prince.
However, his sister was not the very image of a princess. She could fight with a sword almost as well as Alger, and she could shoot an arrow more precisely than anyone from the 7 kingdoms (Talanee, Agradeyaniria, Orianna, Almasa, Jinan, Tiassale and Asianne) and from twice the distance. She had a strong body, a strong mind, and a strong heart, though she was only 16. But girls in this time got married much younger . And so came a time when she was ready to be married.