Preface: Snow and Apples

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall,

Who in this land is fairest of all?

The mirror answered:

You, my queen, are fair; it is true.

But the young queen

Is a thousand times fairer than you."

The kingdom of White was founded long before anyone can remember. It's a small country, home to many different races. A forest borders the southern edge of the castle, which faces a bustling city. Surrounding the city is farmland, and then after than mines to the east and swamps to the west.

Snow White's parents were the King and Queen of White. The Queen, in addition to being the ruler of White, was also a powerful sorceress in her own right. One night, she watched snow falling from the highest tower of the castle, and cast a spell so her child would have skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as Ebony. When she was born, the Queen named her Snow. The Queen died soon after the birth, surviving only long enough to name her child. The cause has long been debated, but some believe the spell she cast on her child ultimately was the cause of her untimely demise.

White had a matriarchal society, so the King remarried quickly to avoid handing the kingdom to his young daughter and regents. He chose a woman concerned only with her own vanity, who would not muddle with the affairs of the kingdom. Her name has long been lost to time, she's known now only as the Evil Queen. She took up residence in the palace, and left the kingdom alone until Snow White turned sixteen and her father died. Snow White was primed to take the throne, and do away with the step mother she'd never gotten along with.

That's when the Evil Queen hired a man to kill Snow, but Snow was too quick for him. A firm hit with a rock and quick feet led her to the city, and then from there to the farms and finally, the caves where the dwarves lived and worked. That's where she met the seven dwarves. Before Snow had left her home, the Queen found a mirror, one that was always forced to tell the truth if the question was phrased in a rhyme. It was made as a set of two long ago by the great Dwarven craftsmen. And thus the evil queen asked...

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall,

Who in this land is fairest of all?

And the Queen found Snow, and appeared at her house with a basket of poisoned apples. Snow White ate an apple…and fell into a deep sleep that she could only be awoken from by her one true love…a sea pirate named Antony, who came to find his love.

After she awoke, Snow gathered support from the dwarves, fairies, and elves. They overtook the castle, and the queen was killed with her own poisoned comb, also meant for Snow White. Snow White gained her kingdom, along with a collection of poisons, and the magic mirror.

Snow White eventually married, and gave birth to a son, Geralzo. Geralzo, in turn, married a lower class witch, Eliza, and she gave birth to Dovella White. Geralzo and Eliza both died in a mishap in the western swamps when Dovella was only seven. Snow White raised her granddaughter, teaching her the ways to rule. Even Snow White, however, couldn't live forever, and when Dovella was 18, Snow White passed away, leaving her granddaughter as the uncrowned queen of White.

And that is where our story begins...