At birth, the offspring of the royal family are taken and separated in provinces across the world, only allowed to interact with locals. Each to be trained in the art of fighting until the youngest reaches the age of 21, then all must come together in a tournament to battle for the worthiness to call themselves the ruler of Indaria, to gain the unspoken power passed down from the first ruler of Indaria, And provide children for the throne.
What is this unspoken power? We as mortals cannot comprehend it…but to explain in a way we can understand, long ago Indarians were beasts comparable to Tarkatans but much more vicious, but the Goddess Nahikiri cleansed us of our bestiality and we became what we are today. The royal family is a line of the purest soul, the only ones who can possibly control this power. This is why we compete, whoever is the most powerful will receive the blessing of the beast from the goddess Nahikiri and use it to protect Indaria.
I am one of these Offspring. The only thing I was given when I was taken to be trained was my name. Vitani the 7th child. All I know about my blood family is that I have 13 siblings and we all share a common mother whom none of us have met.
I was taken to the jungles far east of the main kingdom. My master was Zayanabu. She taught me how to fight the second I could stand properly. She was a Girikana, a warrior Priestess for the god Shekurahdyah. She told me that she had a vision that she was destined to train the 7th child of the royal family. And so she did.
For 25 moon passing's I trained long and hard, learning to fight the way of the Girikana, Evasive, counteractive, quick, clever and deadly. The Fighting style that had created the Hair blade. I had become a polished warrior in those years, dedicating myself only to my destiny.
After those 25 moon passing's of training, we received word that my youngest sibling had turned 21. The time for the tournament had come. We were not told much about the tournament, only that the winner would be the next high queen or king of Indaria. They had said nothing about the ones who had lost.
We had traveled far but eventually I had returned to my birthplace in which I had no memory of. It was a large castle made of black stone. Built high enough that some of its pillars scraped the clouds.
Upon entering the castle I came upon a large room with high ceilings adorned in chandeliers sparkling with only the most precious gemstones. At the end of this large room stood a throne in which a figure adorning a hideous mask of a monster sat sitting there almost looking bored. While another figure an older female, adorned in a long black dress with a very low neckline, she had platinum white hair and her eyes were completely white… could she be the consort?
I was presented with the 4th child. She was one of my sisters, Kiraya. I don't think we could have looked any less similar. She was much, much larger than I was, Her Hair a Blood red, her skin a deep earthy color, although she was not as dark as Zaynabu. Contrasting with my pale ashen skin, but her eyes yellow gold color showing a bloodthirsty animal within.
But I too was equally animalistic.
She was strong, cunning, and all around tough, But she was also Facing and slow. I had beaten her using my speed and evasiveness to my advantage. I took her down in the first two rounds
Next the 9th child. My Brother Desiris. We looked more similar than Kiraya and I had. His hair, black as the 8th moon like mine, his Skin the same ashen yet healthy pale as mine, but his eyes were a violent royal blue, and mine a deep Violet.
He was fast, and he avoided using patterns when fighting, but he was weaker than I, my blows though I landed fewer than him caused more damage than his. Although he had beaten me in the first round I was the one who had come out victorious.
My next opponent I thought was my sister, but they did not state which child she was. She was called Viperess. Her hair was thick and golden blonde, French braided around her head and her eyes a green resembling a Viper Itself and her skin had a slightly greenish undertone and light smattering a freckles across her nose. I had briefly wondered who my mother had mated with in order to create her.
She was the most Fierce opponent I had ever had in my entire life. It was not her Technique that had made her so fierce even though she was able to keep up with my speed and elusiveness with said Technique, but it was her tongue. She spoke no language that was Foreign, she did not speak at all. But her tongue was long and snake like, I constantly had to keep in mind that she could attack from a distance like me, which was an advantage I had with my last two opponents. And when her tongue hit me a throbbing pain would settle there and it would remain there long enough to throw off my stance. Now I was really curious to who her father was.
This was when I was defeated. Although I had won the 2nd round, the first and last she was victorious. I had thought I would die there, as she perched atop my chest her tongue dangerously close to piercing the dip of my collarbone. But she did not, for a voice had ordered her to stop. And without hesitation, she obeyed.
The figure in the mask I had assumed was my mother, High queen of Indaria. But as the masked figure approached me, I realized they were not my mother. In fact they were not even female. They had removed the mask to reveal a man, his eyes were the same venomous green as Vipress's and he had the same dark hair as I.
He had politely introduced himself as Botan High King of Indaria and Viperess as his Wife. Now I understood why I had not been told which child she was for she was not one. But I was still confused.
"I do not understand." I stated "If Viperess is not my sibling… and you are high king and she is your wife…is she my mother?"
He chuckled "No."
"Then why did we engage in Kombat?"
"Allow me to Explain." I was approached by the woman in the black dress. Telling me of how she has stood close to all the high kings and queens of Indaria since the dawn of purification. For the first time in history a 13th child was born, Forah offered to train the 13th child. Raising him to be evil, and to ally against the tradition of Indaria.
Forah and Botan assassinated the High Queen the day the youngest sibling turned 21 and harvested the unspoken power of the royal family for his own. Forah then created Viperess who was made using parts of Botan therefore making an extension of himself, one of equal skill who would fight in his stead to prove he was the strongest without revealing the absence of High queen Yarikiri. His first plan was to Ally themselves with Outworld by assisting them in merging with Edenia.
Being the 2nd strongest child, my skill was too valuable to throw away. My purpose, if I was male would be to provide Forah with children for her to create more warriors like Viperess. But since I was female, I would become the wife of Quan Chi in order to strengthen the alliance with Outworld.
They had tried to hide the dark intent of their plan for me with words like "honor" or "kongradulations" but I had refused to cooperate with these…traitors. They murdered the High queen, my mother and went against the laws of my realm and planning to betray our ally Edenia and then align ourselves with the Outworld scum. Before they could force me into cooperation. A sudden mist seeped in from all around us thick enough that I couldn't see my own hands. I felt two hands grab me and pull me through the mists. I wanted to fight them but I felt so dizzy I could hardly breathe.
When the mists cleared. The one holding me was Zaynabu. Our surroundings not of Indaria, but Edenia. Zaynabu and I had tried to warn Edenia of Indaria and Outworld intentions but we were too late. Even though we had given them an advanced warning, Edenia was still no match for Outworld and Indaria's army combined.
Zaynabu and I Hid like dogs in the Jungles I was raised in. Of course Botan sent soldiers after us but the jungles were complicated and dangerous. Most of the time they would be killed by its animals, and if they did find us, they were no match for me or Zayanabu.
But I did not let my realm go so easily, scrambled around the world. Running from village to town to providence trying to form a rebellion against Botan, to break away from outworld and fight them, freeing Edenia from its clutches. But those who wanted to join would not fight, and those who would fight would not fight for me, for they believed Botan to be the 'true high king' of Indaria, the winner of the tournament and saw me as a bitter loser. People were already poisoned to align with outworld.
Indaria was lost. And I was It's Fallen Princess.
This story is under a rewrite of you were unaware. So if there's a space between chapters that does not make sense that's why. I looked back on it and I am displeased with how I had written my story, the way Vitani was supposed to come across didn't come across. She's supposed to be a more… animalistic type person, not to the point where she's salivating at the mouth and scratching behind her ear with her foot, just her instincts and her way of speaking. And the original storyline had planned out I realized fell far too close to Kitana's which I don't want. The whole Evil twin sister thing, and Inari is basically Jade except she's gone half the time. If you have no idea what I'm talking about then don't worry about it.
So I have new and better ideas for it and I'm rewriting it. If you want to know how the last story would have ended please ask through PM and I will send you a quick summary.
Pronunciations
Vitani- Vi-Tawn-ee
Zaynabu- ZZ-Aie-Na-Boo
Kiraya- Ki-Rai-Ah
Desiris- Deh-Seer-Us
Botan- Bow-Tawn
Vipress- Vie-Press
Forah- Four- ah
Indaria- In-Dar-Eee-Uh
Shekurahdyah- Sh-Eh-Coo-Rah-Dye-Ah
Nahikiri- Nah-hee-keer-ee
Last thing I promise. This isn't a conversation I want to come up in the story although it may I want to explain the time concept in Indaria. If 100 years had passed in earth realm, 1 moon cycle would have passed in Indaria. So Vitani 2700 years old.