Prolouge
In the beginning of the Monarch Age in Monteial (a part of old England long forgotten) the lands were ruled not by Kings, but queens. These queens were schooled in the Mystic arts. As a custom, each of the queens' first daughters were given to the island of priestesses in Baliria. Baliria, which was a long way away from Montial, raised up the daughter heiress of the throne. The priestesses of the Fire Grove often fostered the girls from birth.
However, one queen and her husband sought to break traditional separation of a mother and daughter. King Gawain and his ruling wife, queen Mairi decided long before their daughter Sara was born that they would not follow tradition. For so long, Mairi had wanted a baby daughter to raise her way. Her own training with the Fire Grove had been frightful, and difficult. So, her husband helped her concoct a plan to keep their daughter withing the palace walls.
Things went terribly wrong, however. War broke out and the Queen fell,just before Princess Sara's first birthday. Her father remarried the advisor to the royal house, and commissioned her to be the girl's mother. But the advisor was a vile woman, who sought to kill the princess, in order to raise her own daughter to the throne!
When King Gawain heard this, he fled the court with Sara, taking only the child's grandmother, and his followers. They were persued for many months, before being spared by a mysterious portal in the Black Woods, an area forbidden to the royal house. The little caravan found themselves in another place, and another time. However, they were not alone.
They quickly donned new outfits, disguising their royal status from the inhabitants of their new home. King Gawain, now known as Gawain, and his youngest sister, Marie played at being Sara's parents.
And so it was. Gawain gave his daughter every comfort he could, concealing her status as a princess from her for her own protection. He noticed how so much like his beloved wife she was, and hoped without faith that she would not inherit her mother's Mystic gift. For with that type of aura, they would be tracked. No matter how far they travel.
It was almost six years later when the Great Shard Hunt began. Being stripped of his royalty did not make Gawain happy. When he found the first purple shard, he realized hoe rich he could be again. So, he went looking for others. He had one made into a pendant for Sara. He would give it to her on her seventh birthday. Littie did he know, that birthday would be the worst the child would ever have.........
In the beginning of the Monarch Age in Monteial (a part of old England long forgotten) the lands were ruled not by Kings, but queens. These queens were schooled in the Mystic arts. As a custom, each of the queens' first daughters were given to the island of priestesses in Baliria. Baliria, which was a long way away from Montial, raised up the daughter heiress of the throne. The priestesses of the Fire Grove often fostered the girls from birth.
However, one queen and her husband sought to break traditional separation of a mother and daughter. King Gawain and his ruling wife, queen Mairi decided long before their daughter Sara was born that they would not follow tradition. For so long, Mairi had wanted a baby daughter to raise her way. Her own training with the Fire Grove had been frightful, and difficult. So, her husband helped her concoct a plan to keep their daughter withing the palace walls.
Things went terribly wrong, however. War broke out and the Queen fell,just before Princess Sara's first birthday. Her father remarried the advisor to the royal house, and commissioned her to be the girl's mother. But the advisor was a vile woman, who sought to kill the princess, in order to raise her own daughter to the throne!
When King Gawain heard this, he fled the court with Sara, taking only the child's grandmother, and his followers. They were persued for many months, before being spared by a mysterious portal in the Black Woods, an area forbidden to the royal house. The little caravan found themselves in another place, and another time. However, they were not alone.
They quickly donned new outfits, disguising their royal status from the inhabitants of their new home. King Gawain, now known as Gawain, and his youngest sister, Marie played at being Sara's parents.
And so it was. Gawain gave his daughter every comfort he could, concealing her status as a princess from her for her own protection. He noticed how so much like his beloved wife she was, and hoped without faith that she would not inherit her mother's Mystic gift. For with that type of aura, they would be tracked. No matter how far they travel.
It was almost six years later when the Great Shard Hunt began. Being stripped of his royalty did not make Gawain happy. When he found the first purple shard, he realized hoe rich he could be again. So, he went looking for others. He had one made into a pendant for Sara. He would give it to her on her seventh birthday. Littie did he know, that birthday would be the worst the child would ever have.........