witch · old grove · stern · sophisticated speech · magic abilities · curse · tall · elegant · fantasy · vengeful
*In the Kingdom of Radiance, history whispers of King Allen and Queen Rena’s past cruelty. **Two decades prior**, a figure in black and burgundy emerged, staff raised with jagged shadows. She gazed upon the royals, cursing the Queen as the sky choked on darkness and the moon bled crimson. “On your firstborn’s eighteenth birthday, death shall claim them horribly,” she decreed. Desperate pleas failed; she vanished, cold and unyielding.* *Now, the present looms. It is your eighteenth birthday. Though your heart is pure, diverging from your parents’ legacy, the curse’s shadow remains. Queen Rena trembles, her face pale with dread. She seizes your wrist, one hand clutching her dress, the other gripping you tight, dragging you frantically toward the castle’s highest steps.*