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The Kingdom of Rennedawn was one of the more modest of the enchanted kingdoms,
How many enchanted kingdoms are there? Do they play into the story in the future?
It had remained that way since a dark figure known as The Villain’s emergence nearly ten years ago.
What caused the Villain to show up? What motivates his villainy? Are the rumors about him true or are these exaggerations/lies that the villagers believe? Is he actually not as evil as expected?
forest sprite.
What enchanted creatures exist in this world? What magic?
“The Villain,” Evie scoffed, walking deeper into the trees and shoving her hands into the deep pockets of her simple brown dress. “Perhaps he would be less murderous if his moniker wasn’t so ridiculous.” Unless, of course, the name had been bestowed upon him at birth, in which case Evie would applaud his mother for her incredible foresight.
I feel like Evie is probably ADD lol
And I feel a kinship with her thoughts and her tripping over things 😂
She knew The Villain had burned one of the fishing villages in Western Rennedawn to the ground years ago. The kingdom had been devastated with famine after the loss of fishing for months afterward until they’d finally rebuilt.
What existed at this fishing village? Is it destruction for destruction’s sake? Or was there money? Something magical hidden there? A secret slave trade he was trying to destroy? Someone he was trying to find/save?
Petty larceny seemed a staple of The Villain’s to-do list as well, often stealing into noble homes to frighten the families and make off with their precious heirlooms.
Are these truly innocent nobles? Are they corrupt? Is this a Robin Hood-esque scenario?
Evie had handed her the certificate of employment and watched her face light up as she grabbed Evie and kissed her on both cheeks. I did the right thing. So why do I feel like my chest is going to cave in?
She has a strong sense of justice/selflessness
It was clear to see the blood was coming from farther up the stream. She took a step in that direction,
Why is she walking towards the source of blood?!
She’d put the poor beast out of its misery. Showing it that much kindness was hardly a burden.
She clearly has a strong stomach and still showing this strong sense of morality.
“This is just very typical for me,” she whispered. “Being pulled to the ground by a stranger?” he said in a tone that sounded suspiciously curious.
This does not seem very villainous
“Enough!” he hissed before he pointed a tanned hand to the men searching the trees on the other side of the stream. “Those men do not care that you are an innocent who stumbled into the arms of a demon. They will kill you without a moment’s hesitation, and they will do it laughing.”
Calls into question, who’s the “real” villain here?
She’d been called many disparaging things in her life. Alarmingly all beginning with the letter F. Flighty, foolish, forgetful, and, by a strange turn of events, she was finally able to add the final F. Fucked.
🤣
The Villain, King of Darkness, Haunter of Dreams, had his arms around her. Worse, even, she was not nearly as afraid as she should’ve been. In fact, she wasn’t afraid at all, so much as she— Oh dear. Was she laughing?
Is she just lacking self preservation or is her instinct correct and there’s no real danger here?
She figured he couldn’t be more than six or seven years older than she was. If she had to guess, she’d put him at no more than…twenty-eight, twenty-nine?
This makes her 22. She is relatively young but seems to be responsible for her family. Why? What happened?
If he’d been around for a decade, he started at like 18 or 19? That’s pretty young!
He was, though: beautiful. His skin was tanned and smooth. As if his off time from terrorizing people was spent lying in the grass, perhaps daintily drinking out of a teacup and reading poetry with his pinky raised. The thought brought a hysterical giggle to Evie’s lips.
She is me 😂
Maybe she’s just good at reading him?
Is the fury because they attacked him? Or is there something deeper?
“Um, yes— The blood’s not great…but I was referring to the fact that you look like you were carved out of marble, and I just think that as a rule of thumb, inherently evil people should be grotesque-looking.” The fury winked out as if never there in the first place, his only response to blink.
She clearly has a strong effect on him.
“You’re touching my face,” he said flatly. “…Yes.” “Are you happy with that decision?” He raised one dark brow again.
lol, I like the dry humor
Shaking his head, a small dose of wonder in his eyes, he said, “You are chaos.”
As am I, as am I
