The flowers of the Limirian Marshes are deadly... ~ by LadyRaven

LadyRaven

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Thank you!

7 years ago

launing

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Beautiful!

7 years ago

LadyRaven

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Thank you Aylatha! I might continue her story later ^^

7 years ago

Aylatha

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What an interesting and complex backstory! I really want to know what happens next. Don't keep us in suspense!

7 years ago

LadyRaven

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Phew. So that's Mya's backstory in a nutshell. I hope it made sense, but feel free to ask any questions you have ^^

7 years ago

LadyRaven

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learned about Mya from the Queen, he sent a squadron of soldiers to capture or--if that failed--kill her to remove the threat to his crown. The squadron was lead by Captain Entonin DeLorian, and the few dozen men scarcely stood a chance against Mya's manipulations. They all ran, save for Entonin, and that's how Entonin and Mya met. Maybe I'll tell you how they became a non-spite-based couple later ;)

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LadyRaven

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a terrible Enchantress capable of twisting the minds of those who crossed her or interrupted her solitude. While Mya was living in the marshes, lost and alone and quite insane, the Queendom was falling to pieces. The Queen's father, who had been a Councilor (representative) of Syvvia before he grew corrupted by power and was forced by Kyrak to resign from his position after her mother killed herself, overthrew the Queen and locked her away, stealing the Queendom for himself. When he (cont.)

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LadyRaven

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young woman and went to see her for himself. When he saw who she was, he confronted her and tried to convince her to return to the capital and resume her role as Princess Heir. She refused, an argument quickly turned to a fight, and Mya's son was caught in the crossfire and killed. Having lost the one thing that had given her purpose again, Mya finally broke and lost her grip on reality. She fled Khov and for several years lived in the Limirian marshes, earning a fearsome reputation as (cont.)

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LadyRaven

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sorceress, happier than she had been in years, and her son was healthy and growing steadily. By this time, the Queen and her Queendom had assumed Mya dead, and walking through the streets was no longer a great risk. Mya left Yvonne's home and moved to the town of Khov, at the border of Northern Syvvia and Eastern Falslin, where she became a trusted apothecary through her sorceress's knowledge of plants, herbs, and potions. But as her reputation spread, Miqail heard word of the remarkable (cont.)

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LadyRaven

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child would not survive the winter--stumbled upon the cabin of Yvonne, an ancient sorceress who was the last remaining practicer of magic outside of the Line of Queens. Yvonne nursed Mya and her child back to life, then taught Mya how to use her powers in ways she had never imagined. Most importantly, Mya learned that emotion is carried on the wind, and that her control of air combined with simple sorcery could allow her to manipulate the human mind. Three years later, Mya was a gifted (cont.)

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LadyRaven

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sour, and when their child was born Miqail once again ordered Mya to murder it. She again refused, and that night Miqail attempted to kill the child. Mya stopped him and fled the estate, traveling alone through freezing wastelands in an attempt to find a place where she and her child could live in peace. She no longer held any loyalties to the Crown, and refused to hold any obligations to the Line as Princess Miriina. After months of wandering, Mya--cold, hungry, and fearing she and her (cont.)

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LadyRaven

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truly his daughter, and the two in time became close--very close. After Mya's sixteenth birthday, for which Mya returned to the capital for the celebrations before going back north to Miqail's estate, they enjoyed a romantic relationship which--as with Mya's relationship with Ahmir--was spiteful at its essence. When Mya told Miqail she was to have his child, he ordered her to kill it. She refused, and he kept her prisoner in the estate to preserve his reputation. Their relationship grew (cont.)

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