i walked with you once upon a dream.

Sallow green flames rose from the thicket, illuminating the thorns that stuck like black swords from the burning mass. All paled compared to the rows of teeth in the maw of the great wyrm, wet with hunger and ready to swallow the prince and the princess whole. In the realm of AURENAM, the kingdom of AESCESTER has no king. The time-keepers say He passed five thousand years ago, leaving behind no heirs and no clear instructions as to the matter of succession. For the next decade, His knights, His councillors, and all His former servants fought amongst themselves to determine who would take the throne. However, as the years passed, one thing became terribly clear: since the King's passing, the flow of time had come to a stop. Death would not take. Neither would new life. And as long as the throne remained empty — not just of one who would take the King's former seat, but could lay true and rightful claim to it — so would all of Aurenam remain. — verse info — character info — open post —