#♫ royal ›› KEEP YOUR HEART SOFT AND YOUR SWORD SHARP.

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LORE EDITS : THE ORACLE !

while flynn, born under a chalice moon, serves as meles’ vessel, elsie has a significant role of her own. the sight is a strange and uncomfortable gift. it is also wildly unpredictable and no one is completely sure how the magic decides who will be born into it. when a scatterflow is born with the sight, they are called to become meles’ oracle. this is a position that stands between the realm and danger. elsie’s dreams and visions often foretell calamitous events, and many of them lead to her direct intervention. being the oracle has made her a warrior whether she has the stomach for it or not; she will always act to protect her kingdom, her people, and her family. she is also innately in tune with the imprint of history and is learning to use her gift to peer through the veil of time backwards. the consumption of certain substances may induce visions, but she frequently has them unprompted. she struggles to remember most of them, but is compelled to record them as they are occurring, which seems to be an instinctual mechanism developed to ensure their preservation.    /    for elsie’s royalty and nobility verses, and frequently adapted into other verses as well.

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❛ i know you. how else do you think i found you so easily? ❜ ( jared )        ♡        @heroscarred​.

❝ i didn’t think about it. ❞   all that she’s been able to think about is the fact that he’s here with her. the escape had been her entire life until it happened, and she was almost terrified of what would come after. they were free from nei’s grasp with the help of aurora and her rebels but the group was much smaller than she had hoped it would be. building a movement strong enough to overthrow the tastonis would be hard, and she’s not sure she can think about how they’re going to do that yet. jared’s appearance in their rain-drenched, half-functional campsite only days after they’d set it up had stopped all thoughts of the unknown. she’s lying in a pile of blankets and furs with him now, propping her head up on one hand to look at him, her hand tracing light patterns on his chest. it had been that very motion that had apparently prompted his question, though he already knew she wasn’t quite alright.   ❝ i will be alright. with time. ❞

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❝ you must be princess amelia. ❞   the feasting hall is full to bursting, which isn’t unusual for festival times. it’s the very beginning of their harvest-tide and dignitaries from other kingdoms are always welcomed to meles this time of year. there’s enough to share, and that tends to foster good relationships. royal guests, of course, find themselves seated at the high table - and elsie knows this one on sight. she’s caught glimpses of her in that strange space between dreams and awakening. the road ahead of amelia is winding, and dangerous, but she has the sense it leads somewhere significant.   ❝ welcome to meles. i hope you’ve been enjoying yourself. ❞

thank u for letting me live my dreams        ♡        @talesspin​.

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LORE EDITS : THE PAINTED CAVE !

tucked neatly into a natural harbor on the coast of meles is the painted cave, the oldest imprint of habitation on the entire continent. stone tools and the images stained onto the walls are the only things these ancient peoples left behind. it is considered a sacred site and largely not trespassed upon, except for scholars attempting to understand it. who lived here? who loved here? what do their paintings mean? when did they leave the coastal forests for the riverlands?    /    for elsie’s royalty and nobility verses. 

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VERSE  EDITS  :  PRINCESS ELSIE !

the kingdom of meles is beautiful, lush, and storied. it sits on the eastern coast drage, a continent it shares with six other kingdoms. raised in this land of shaded forests, rolling hillsides, fertile riverlands, and breathtaking coastline, elsie scatterflow has a deep passion for life. she is the third child of meles’ royal family, behind heir apparent flynn and soon - to - be guard captain ciar, and followed by studious ashea and dreamy gemma. meles has an ancient and powerful magic which the royal family is bound to. they are its protectors, its caretakers, as much as they are those things for their people.   /   suitable for interactions in general fantasy universes.

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LORE EDITS : CORÀLLO !

between demana and cekirin, along the southern coast facing out into the summer sea, is the deeply magical realm of coràllo. its people are well known for their animal husbandry and their hunting prowess, and equally well known for their magical skill - though the particulars are a closely guarded secret. their way of life is incredibly close to the natural world. it’s said you could walk through their forests and miss all of their cities, they are so intertwined with the trees and slopes and rocks. they are bordered to the north by the central country of satria, with whom relations are strained. their closest allies are in cekirin and meles.    /    for elsie’s royalty and nobility verses.

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LORE EDITS : SZMARAG !

sweeping across nearly the entire north quarter of the continent is the vast, wild realm called szmarag. its borders contain the spine of the world, a broad and rugged mountain range, and the black sand beaches touched by the shivering sea. in the very heart of szmarag is the citadel, home to one of the most extensive archive of information on the continent. though they are rivaled for size by other collections, they cannot be rivaled for the age of the contents; the citadel keeps the most ancient writings to date. szmarag is also known for its vast deposits of ore, which has helped it to secure its place as “the great forge”. szmaran metalwork is some of the most intricate you’ll find. the nation is bordered by cekirin, estralia, and meles to the south, and fosters decent relations with them - but is mostly uninterested in becoming too involved with outside politics.    /    for elsie’s royalty and nobility verses.

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[ hand ]        ♡        @lghtpulled​.

     ❝ are you certain about this? ❞   elsie knows what she wants; she’s known it for a very long time. she’s been waiting for him to make his choice. this might be the most public possible setting he could do it in, but she thinks that makes it a little bit more important at least. there’s no telling what’ll happen if she takes his hand. the king is watching closely. the court will talk of nothing else tomorrow if he decides it’s not treason, but there’s no promise he will. ben is supposed to be exiled, disgraced. he’s not exactly a popular choice for suitor, practically out of question for a princess. 

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“ caught “ from roman        ♡        @talesspin​.

     ❝ how long... how long was i...? ❞   elsie has never come out of the trance state feeling like this. roman’s arms circle her; she leans back into his chest. it must have been prophecy. she cannot remember anything that she saw, and it is only prophecy that is wiped clean from an oracle’s mind. she realizes there is a quill in her hand. there’s parchment on the ground, she must have written it down as it was happening. that’s a relief. why is her head swimming like this though?   ❝ it’s never felt like this before... ❞

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roman takes her face gently between his hands before leaning down to kiss her        ♡        @talesspin​.

elsie is absolutely smitten with this man. he cups her face and she melts into the touch, kissing him back without even wondering why he’s here in the first place. when she remembers that he’s supposed to be in krigare, and not here in meles, she breaks the kiss with a soft gasp and studies his face. it’s difficult to read his exact expression in the flickering torchlight of this summer night, the shadows play strangely across his handsome features. but she’s glad to see him.   ❝ you did not say you were returning early. ❞

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❝  i won’t let you get hurt.  i promise.  and i don’t make empty promises.  ❞ from roman        ♡        @talesspin​.

❝ i’m not worried about myself now. ❞   elsie believes she’s safe in krigare, safer under the watch of roman too. she stands by a window and stares down at the garden path below. the greenery reminds her of home. home is probably burning. she had seen plumes of smoke rising from the city as she was spirited away. her siblings have fled in different directions - they can’t hunt them all down as effectively, but it does mean she has no news of any of them. she has no idea if they’ve all made it to refuge. 

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❝ you’ve come in time for the dragon festival, did you know? ❞   the courtyard is soaking up the summer sunshine, so elsie thought she might do the same. it’s good to see one of their guests too.   ❝ it’s a spectacular season. ❞

royal verse starter call        ♡        @aesirruins​.

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LORE EDITS : ESTRALIA !

where the mountains of szmarag slope into rugged highland - which slope into the lowlands of satria eventually - is the realm called estralia. the difficult terrain has led to the incredible feat of engineering that is its capital city (which is also called estralia). the majority of the population lives in this city, which is enclosed in walls and expands upwards. a popular rumor is that those living in the higher portions of the city are used to much colder temperatures and must shed layers of clothing as they travel to the lower sections. the city is organized into districts, each governed by a family, and these families form the high council that makes important and broad decisions. estralia is also the native land of dragons, and the birthplace of a mysterious order known as the dragon knights, which often sit astride the beasts in flight.    /    for elsie’s royalty and nobility verses.

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LORE EDITS : SATRIA !

satria occupies the central lowlands of the continent, and it is populated largely by people that did not originate on the continent. their homeland of bela was destroyed by a magical corruption, forcing them to look for a new home - and they found it in satria. the particulars change depending on the power dynamics of a given universe, but they are largely either the seventh independent kingdom on the continent of drage or the only independent kingdom on the continent they’ve renamed satraland, controlling the other six realms to varying extents. in either case, their mages do not appear to have learned from their previous mistakes, and continue to meddle with powers they cannot possibly understand... promising devastating consequences that will certainly reach beyond their borders.    /    for elsie’s royalty and nobility verses, though primarily only a major player in the latter.

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LORE EDITS : CEKIRIN !

across the continent, sat on the sparkling western coastline, is the jewel of the emerald ocean: cekirin. this is the agricultural center of all seven realms. farmland, vineyards, and bustling sea trade make it the most prosperous of the kingdoms; fostering good relations with all the others keeps them at the top of the food chain, so to speak. cekirin is a multicultural hub, a place where not only goods but ideas are freely exchanged. its capital city, noonhold, features a massive library called the marble keep, which soundly defeats the szmaran citadel in terms of collection size. the cekirin people are also master seafarers, shipbuilders, and navigators.    /    for elsie’s royalty and nobility verses.

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LORE EDITS : DEMANA !

sharing the eastern coast with its northern neighbor meles is the thickly forested kingdom of demana, rich from its timber production and its legacy as the last foothold of sirens. though sirens are not innately bad natured, the ruling family of demana - the tastonis - absolutely are, and have earned their kind quite a poor reputation. the tastoni family is ambitious and unsatisfied with what they’ve built thus far. they are constantly meddling in the affairs of the surrounding countries, always stopping short of too much provocation. the people of demana are either completely detached from the goings-on in the capital, deeply unsatisfied with the tastonis, or members of the inner circle; the variety makes forming an opinion of the entire realm difficult. the tastonis are most openly hostile to meles and seem less and less willing to stop short of provocation.    /    for elsie’s royalty and nobility verses.

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