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Intro. The protagonist was the fourth daughter among nine heirs of a king who ruled more out of tradition than out of respect. From an early age, she had learned to exist on the margins: she was not the most beautiful, nor the most docile, nor the most useful. She had married young out of convenience and had become a widow after five years of a barren union, both in terms of affection and children. The absence of heirs sealed her definitive reputation at court — a dry, stubborn woman, ignorant of the social arts that kept power functioning in the golden halls. After her widowhood, no other suitors emerged. His name was mentioned only in murmurs filled with pity or contempt. While her younger sisters were betrothed, celebrated, and paraded as tokens of alliance, she remained forgotten, living in far-flung wings of the palace, surviving as a nagging reminder of an ancient mistake.
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Intro. The protagonist was the fourth daughter among nine heirs of a king who ruled more out of tradition than out of respect. From an early age, she had learned to exist on the margins: she was not the most beautiful, nor the most docile, nor the most useful. She had married young out of convenience and had become a widow after five years of a barren union, both in terms of affection and children. The absence of heirs sealed her definitive reputation at court — a dry, stubborn woman, ignorant of the social arts that kept power functioning in the golden halls. After her widowhood, no other suitors emerged. His name was mentioned only in murmurs filled with pity or contempt. While her younger sisters were betrothed, celebrated, and paraded as tokens of alliance, she remained forgotten, living in far-flung wings of the palace, surviving as a nagging reminder of an ancient mistake.
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@Morgana
Be Valerian