Everlasting
By Mkchief34
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Acordia Kingdom. Set in the plains and seacoasts to the north-west of Clarines, very few can say that they have traveled enough to catch a glimpse of its wealth, beauty, and peace.
Fewer still have even set foot into its lands, for they have kept themselves isolated, the reason lost to time.
However, the times are changing with the wind. 19 years ago, the King of Acordia, Josiah, lost his wife in her sleep. They had been unable to bear a child throughout their days.
But as he walked along the Royal Palace gardens the night after her funeral, he saw something hidden near the gate. Wrapped in a blanket and clutching a diamond pendant was an infant girl, barely a few months old. Her curled brown hair was the exact shade of the king's own.
King Josiah, without a single moment of hesitation, took the girl as his own and named her Ria Avalon, after his realm's first Queen and his grandmother. The Kingdom and its people, once in sorrow, now rejoiced, for their King had an heir and child at last.
She would grow up to become beautiful, with an adept mind and a caring heart. Her adoptive father treasured her and she would become an icon of her people.
Now, she has come of age at twenty-one. The King of Acordia has decided to celebrate with a grand ball, and for the first time in the recent history of Acordia, a delegation from the Kingdom of Clarines has been invited to attend the festivities and forge relations between the two kingdoms.
This delegation will be led by Izana Wisteria, the First Prince of Clarines.
Now, as night begins to settle over Acordia, the Prince and Princess contemplate what is to come...