The Lavender Throne

The snow settled around Klaia's boots and frosted her hair. The deep winter howled as if it harbored all the anger in her bones. The updraft from the mountainside blasted against her face, chilled by the frozen fjord from which it came. The castle seemed to loom overhead, and Klaia shivered, watching the ice melt glint off the sides as if it too knew the blood was leaking from the wall.

It was time to leave.

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In a land unsettling like our own, Princess Klaia Batellia of Crecana knows something is wrong. Just over two centuries ago, a devastating war ravaged Crecana, her nation, and nearly destroyed the royal line. Since then, pieces of the puzzle have been missing, as if the world exists on an axis that doesn't exist.

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Crown Princess Amithelia Kaitonan lives in the most prosperous nation in the world. Flooded with advances in science and technology, she has high aspirations at getting a degree in science before taking the throne, five year plan and all. Yet it is all uprooted when the winds send in trouble.

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This is a story set in a fantasy world, exploring themes of self-recognition, found family, political underhand, education, religion, and even love.