Aries:The first king. A colossal man with skin like freshly tilled earth and a voice that could calm the old wild things. Colossal, gentle hands. The first shepherd of rocks and clay. Molding the wild into home.
Taurus:An exile by birthright, a king by deeds. A tale of honorable revenge and lifelong friendships cut short. A life on horseback that left in its wake an empire, and countless pillars to the dead.
Gemini:The ghost of a princess. Ever a lady in waiting, she wanders the halls of an abandoned palace. Hands from the ash. The burning silhouette of a child. All those who seek to defile her home will know flame as she did.
Cancer:Identical twin princes. The reigns of empire won by blood now passed to them. To the surprise of a nation, able to share the throne. Ever deliberating, never moving without consensus. Diplomats, delegates, scholars, and magicians. Memories of mother. Each carries one half of the daisho.
Leo:The high priestess. Ritually sharpened teeth. Rivers of blood washed away by conjured rainstorms. Liaison to the god that sleeps below the great temple. The speaker to the forbidden sun.
Virgo:The Witch Queen. The Wardbreaker. The Mother of Hexes. Armies from the north that could call fire from their hands, wounds healed with the sermons of foreign gods. Captured officers. Secret research in the ancestral necropolis. New magic, gentle and deep as the night.
Libra:The mushroom king! The mushroom king! The mushroom king! The mushroom king! The mushroom king! The mushroom king!
Scorpio:The King-of-Five-Crowns. An empire won by respect and might. Retirement. Evenings spent in the summer palace, teaching grandchildren to paint.
Ophiuchus:An empress of honey and sun-baked gold. Honored dead bound in white cloth. Eternal servitude to their holy queen. Consul from centuries of royalty now passed.
Sagittarius:The Lady of the Grove. Revelries by moonlight. Distant songs in the mist. Lost children. There is a road through the forest, it has since been omitted by mapmakers.
Capricorn:The middle child of a royal bloodline. Exile to a monastery. A lifetime of meditation on divinity and craft. A heart of clockwork. Mummified in the calculus of the world.
Aquarius:A penitent queen. Now an adviser to those who overthrew her son. A veil in mourning, but not for him. Deep, terrible understanding of what makes a tyrant.
Pisces:An all-to-young queen. Inheritor to a throne built on war and blood. Ceremonial jewelry that resembles the armament of her knights. A legacy of imperium and bloodshed. A vow to do differently.
The Duchess of Cambridge shows her playful side as she plays cricket with children from Magic Bus, Childline and Doorstep, three non-governmental organizations at Mumbai’s iconic recreation ground, the Oval Maidan, during the royal visit to India and Bhutan on April 10, 2016 in Mumbai, India.
Folio from the Davis Album Object Name: Illustrated album leaf Date: 17th century Geography: India Culture: Islamic Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Princesses live a charmed and privileged life in grand palaces that we can only dream of. However most princesses face a life of a regimental daily routine.
Mornings
A mediaeval/renaissance princess would likely rise very early to attend a prayer service. She would have her ladies dress her and she may even take a walk before breakfast. A mediaeval/renaissance princess would have lessons very early in the morning covering a wide range of subjects from religion to dancing.
An 18th Century Princess would have risen later and had less regimental routine but a more public one. The etiquette of Versailles had this ridiculous routine of the court crowding about the Dauphine (wife of the heir) and watching her ladies prepare her for the day. They would watch her get dressed (only ladies may view this), eat her breakfast and get her makeup and hair done.
More modern princesses (19th century) would have woken earlier than the previous century but not as early as the renaissance princesses. They would bathe, dress and go to prayers before sitting down for a morning of lessons.
Afternoon
The mediaeval/renaissance princess would spend the afternoon with more enjoyable pursuits. She would do charity works, embroider, read and walk with her ladies.
The 18th Century Princess would spend their afternoons doing something entertaining. They would play cards, gossip, sew, walk in the gardens and visit other female relatives.
The 19th century princess would likely spend the afternoon having tea, playing lawn games, riding, going for carriage rides and other artistic pursuits. Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise was an avid sculptor and loved her work even if nobody else approved.
Nights and Evenings
Though we think the nights of a princess were filled with magick they would be also very quiet. Older princesses would be allowed to attend court gatherings, entertainments and balls where young princesses, under fourteen or so, would likely be sent to bed early. A princess at Versailles would be subjected to an evening with a public dinner before thousands, games of cards, gossip and dancing that could last well past midnight. A 19th century princess would have a more refined night. A quiet night would entail an ever of piano playing, reading, salons and tea parties. If there was a ball, she would attend it and go to bed when told to.
Ever wanted to know how we develop our characters? Take a look at these early drawings of Cordelia from Courting the Crown. Our original concept was to make her an old male wizard, but as the story developed, we decided that making her a young woman gave her more agency, and opened up more possibilities for her in both Courting the Crown and future stories. What do you think? Did we make the right choice?
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Tsukki is a warrior prince. His father is always out of the kingdom, so he decided to follow in his steps to avoid arranging a wedding. During his last mission for peace between his kingdom and the neighboring kingdom, Tsukki went in search of a young prince who had been ambushed while going to the forest without an escort. Thinking of taking him back as a demonstration of his alliance, Tsukki planned to avoid a political marriage, but when he sees the prince, falls madly in love with him.
Yama is a bourgeois prince who has lived in a bubble all his life. He loves luxury, eroticism, and dancing, even if it is not the center of social gatherings. His servants always do everything for him, so he doesn’t have a vision of how cruel the real world can be. Being imprisoned and desolate, when Tsukki comes to rescue him, Yama makes him his hero, and when he takes him to marry him, Yama accepts immediately without worrying about anything.
