This is probably not quite the style I'll end up using for the actual story, where I'll have time to work the background and world-building in more gradually, but I'm glad it worked all right for this compressed introduction.
The legend of the Queen is complicated because of... things that are kind of spoilery for the plot, so I think I'll sit on them. (Suffice to say, there is a part that got deliberately left out.) But the prophecy/incident it's based on is minimal and vague, and the story has been floating around for a thousand years or so, so time and distance and cultural shifts have led to varying reports of the initial incident, and to even more ideas about how, exactly, the prophecy will be fulfilled.
Sunbright is an idealist with a practical streak and a quick temper, and she really hates politics. (Which is bad for her but fun for me, because guess what she has to deal with extensively?) So yeah, she spends a lot of time in the first and last thirds of the story seriously annoyed at a lot of people. In the middle third, she has other things to worry about. *evil grin*
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Date: 2015-01-24 07:52 pm (UTC)The legend of the Queen is complicated because of... things that are kind of spoilery for the plot, so I think I'll sit on them. (Suffice to say, there is a part that got deliberately left out.) But the prophecy/incident it's based on is minimal and vague, and the story has been floating around for a thousand years or so, so time and distance and cultural shifts have led to varying reports of the initial incident, and to even more ideas about how, exactly, the prophecy will be fulfilled.
Sunbright is an idealist with a practical streak and a quick temper, and she really hates politics. (Which is bad for her but fun for me, because guess what she has to deal with extensively?) So yeah, she spends a lot of time in the first and last thirds of the story seriously annoyed at a lot of people. In the middle third, she has other things to worry about. *evil grin*