Challenge for Your Hand - Unfiltered

As you and your father take your seats beside the royal family, front and center of the throne room, you look out. there are human and fae nobles alike filling the seats of the court. From your kingdom, Ashtark, and the Fae kingdom of Darsikin. You have no idea why you and your father, the king of Ashtark, have been called here. but here you are. Your father refused any answers along the way. As the only princess of a kingdom with three older brothers, it’s unusual for you to have been the one called here over the princes. So you wait, the princes of Darsikin tale their seats, their princesses noticeably absent. And the king comes out and stands before you all. He clears his throat and the room is filled with a haunting silence.

“Greetings, nobles of Darsikin and Ashtark. I’m sure you are all curious as to why you’ve been called here,” he begins, his smile beaming on the room. “It is high time the Fae and Human worlds were united in goals and ambitions. I believe that should begin with us. And to begin our newfound alliance, beginning tomorrow there will be a tornement of sorts. My five sons, Princes Lucas, Tyrish, Noel, Damien, and Arthur, will compete in a three month show of skills and courtship, for the hand of the Princess of Ashtark. At the end of the tornement, she will choose a husband from my five sons and they will be wed, joining out houses and kingdoms forever.” He says, his voice booming through the massive room. Gasps erupt from the crowd, joined by your own. You had no earthly idea that this is what was happening. but it is. And you have no choice but to agree.