- Teaser Chapter -
Disclaimer: Obviously the Laby and it's respective parts are the property of it's original creators and the fiction characters not mentioned by their story line are of course my own creation and thusly belong to me. Note: One thousand years is equal to about 10 years in appearance, so most Fae would die between six and eight thousand years old. Jareth is Goblin King because his other siblings are tied to kingdoms or domains of their own so they see little of each other. This is also a teaser chapter, a taste if you will of what could come to pass yet in the near future. As it is now Two A.M. I do believe I'll do a quick check of spelling before calling it a night and posting this first thing this morning.
Toodles.
Character outline:
Name: Jareth
Age: Four thousand years
Sex: Male
Hair: Pale blonde
Eyes: One blue and one green
Height: Six foot three
Personal history: Born and raised with a older sister (Asila) and younger brother (Draconous) in the High-Seelie courts. Enjoyed the high-life of the nobility like many other royal offspring but quickly became bored and restless, always seeking something that was unusual and got into more trouble then the other two siblings combined.
Family: Father (Hirthol) -six thousand years-, Mother (La'neas) -five and a half thousand years- , Sister (Asila) -four and a third thousand years old-, Brother (Draconous) - two and half thousand years-.
Name: Sentari Le'aness of the middle-Seelie courts.
Age: Two thousand years
Hair: Crimson red
Eyes: Light blue
Height: Five Six
Personal history: Born to the middle-class nobility, raised in a mixture of both upper Seelie courts, taught how to act like a lady of fine breeding in hopes of being married off. Sentari ended up spending more time riding then actually learning how to be the perfect submissive serf to some random man.
Family: Father (Denton) - seven thousand years/dead-, Mother (Opea) -six thousand years/dead-
The latest traveler through the majestic labyrinth had changed it exactly to what the spell required. A woman-child was to transverse the lengthy puzzle, fight through numerous hardships in a land unknown to her and win against all odds. A feat never before completed in the two thousand years that it's Lord had ruled over it. Jareth had earnestly researched every possible candidate in the Above and Under worlds for two full dilatory centuries of grievance without finding the proper one to at long last free the people of the Goblin Kingdom from the binding spell that held them to a cursed life as dim-witted Goblins. Sarah Williams had shattered everything with the utterance of a simple sentence, the labyrinth was forced to re-align as it was once remembered.
No longer where the noble hard working people confined to the half-existence created by a foul mage who had taken dislike to Lord Hirthol. Sun rises held new colours never before seen by any immortal or mortal alike until those first few days of glory, the moon rose with a spectacular arch, sending down rays of moonlight down upon the kingdoms. Buildings were now designed to catch every last drop of day to the last moon light that filtered through the forest that had replaced the garbage files outside the grand city walls.
Despite-spite the fantastic remodeling of the land upon which his rule lay, Jareth did not find happiness within it's never ending illustriousness for the words he had spoken to the young girl had held partly true. The Goblin King wanted to share the wonders of both worlds with someone before it was to late, for even the race of Fae met the fetal Grim Reaper . Fate took pity on this lonely soul but at a price, to give a true-soul mate there must be a challenge that is equal to the prize offered. The woman would be sent from a rival kingdom to the North that was formally controlled by the Elves but was given back to a clan of former Noblemen. She would be raised by the highest of the land to be the submissive lady that the rulers wanted to breed their line from but this strange lady would not play the acquiescent one on any level.
Jareth would be given thirteen weeks to break the barriers between them in order to sway the woman and if it is successful and this prize is won then the kingdom will remain free of the curse but should Jareth fail then two generations would pass on before the chance was offered once more. Twelve thousand years stuck as a goblin, having a horrid goblin life was a nightmare for the habitants of his kingdom so the still young king swore that there could be no negligence. The war that her people had fought was bloody, long, nightmarish and unlike anything the Underground had seen in over ten generations. Allies had been called up in the defense of this small sovereignty to free it from the grip of the Elves but no one had come forth and the diminutive noble class who rose to take forth kingship would never forget this nor would their children. Even though the war was long over there were some like the woman who the three Fates chose for Jareth, who believed that such reckless abandonment should be ruthlessly taken upon by revenge of what ever sort.
By morning of the third day after the miracle remodeling of the Labyrinth, the High-Seelie court would came across a battered yellow parchment that would declare the joining of Jareth, Lord of Dreams to the heir of the former Elven country known as Fenila. A week later messengers would fly forth from every level of the Seelie courts until at last the old documentation would be verified as a legal binding contract between the two dominions and Lady Sentari Le'aness would be sent to the Goblin Capital for a four month tour and show case of the land before the wedding was to take place an additional two months later.
Darkness had been watching, lurking behind every man, woman and child as this went on. It wanted to strike at Jareth and this Sentari would be his downfall for it to be true love that meant Jareth must truly give up his heart to her in the time given to him by the Fates. For every good force, there was always a equal negative one for that was the way life balanced.
Now we shall see how our King fairs…..
Fenila is borrowed from the Anime show known as Escaflowne