Asena's POV
Rosalie laced up the back of my dress. Mary braided my dark brown hair, and Ellyn dusted my cheeks with white powder. A princess always had to look good, even when all she would do is talk to her father.
"We're done Miss," Rosalie mumbled.
"Okay," I said. "Thank you."
I stood up, ready to leave. My maids ran to hold the doors open for me. Outside was Salazar, smiling at me.
"You shouldn't smile like that to your sister," I suggested, crossing my arms.
"I won't next time," he said.
We walked down the hall together. It was silent. Salazar and I didn't talk as much as we used to, which bothered both of us. But with Salazar training to be king, there was hardly any time to speak to him.
"What do you think dad wants to talk to us about?" Salazar asked out of the blue.
"The great war ended only a few months ago. And there's that evil magic cult causing destruction. Our country is struggling. There are thousands of possibilities," I said.
"I get the feeling it will be about something different."
"We shall see."
It didn't take long to arrive at our father's chamber. His butler opened it before we could even knock.
"Good afternoon father," I said.
My father, King Soren Aurellian, looked up from the scroll he was reading. He quickly glance at his butler, who scurried away.
"Good afternoon children," he greeted. "You understand I have called you here for something important."
Salazar and I nodded. Our father gestured to two chairs in front of us. We both sat down.
"Our country is broken. The Great War ended only three months ago. Rionnag is divided. And I have came up with an idea that will help us to become the great country we once were."
Father paused for a second.
"We will send out letters to men and women who are certain ages. I was thinking sixteen to twenty. They will fill out forms, and then we will pick ten women and ten men. They will come here, and you two will slowly eliminate them until there is one women and one man. You two will then marry them. I call it a Selection."
I stared at my father.
"But father, not to be rude, but aren't there other things that we need to attend to? Many villages are damaged from the war. And there is the evil magic cult Droch-Silthe who is destroying villages and killing innocent civilians. Aren't they more important than us marrying?" I asked.
He looked at me like I was just a baby. "Asena, we will get to those things. This will help the country unite! A regular girl and boy marry royalty. After this, it will be much easier to help our citizens."
"But-"
"Salazar, what do you think?" father interrupted.
My brother smiled. "It sounds fun."
"Very well. Someone will get started on the form, and we will send it out to all of the men and women in that age group. You two are dismissed."
A/N Hi everyone! Welcome! This is a male and female SYOC! It will be a bit different from other SYOCs for one main reason; this story is not set in Illea! This SYOC is set in a fantasy world, so things are a bit different.
Rules:
1. No Mary Sues or Gary Stus! Everyone has flaws, your character should too! Also, please don't make them cliche.
2. You can reserve spots, but if you do I'd like to get them as quickly as possible. You have to get your submissions by July 3rd, 2017.
3. DETAIL! I need A LOT of detail! I really want to portray your character well.
4. Please name the PM thread like this; Name, Age, Town, Occupation (if they have one). The list of towns will be on my profile.
5. I am sorry, but you cannot submit a character by review. I will need to ask questions about you character, and I can't really do that with reviews.
6. This is not first come first serve. As you already know, the date of which you need to get your characters in is July 6th. That is the date when I will put all the accepted characters on my profile.
7. You can only submit one character.
I would also appreciate it if you made a board for your character if you have a Pinterest.
The form will be on my profile for copy and paste purposes. There will also be information about magic (which your character can have!), towns, culture, and money. There will also be info about the characters, and the history of Rionnag.