One morning, she woke up and could not remember the face of her mother. A week later, she forgot the name of the man she loved. The more "Power" she exercised to fix the world’s problems, the emptier she became. She grew cold and mechanical. She was no longer a Queen; she was a monument of pure, unfeeling authority. She began to use the Power not to help, but to enforce order, fearing that without her control, the world would crumble into the same void growing inside her.
A young gardener, seeing the Queen’s descent into tyranny, approached the throne. He offered her no weapons, only a simple white rose grown in common soil—without the help of magic. Once Upon a Time - P...
The more we try to force the world to be perfect, the more we lose our humanity. One morning, she woke up and could not
The Queen took off the crystal vial and shattered it upon the stone floor. The violet liquid didn't spill; it evaporated into the air, returning to the earth from which it was stolen. She grew cold and mechanical
As the years passed, a Great Drought struck the neighboring lands. Desperate, Elara used more of the violet liquid than any ruler before her. She saved her people from famine, but at a terrible cost.
Dark Fantasy / Allegory Theme: The corrupting nature of absolute control and the strength of humility. I. The Beginning: The Gilded Cage
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