Dally

You are the youngest child of king and queen of Androda. With your two older sisters who are well beloved and highly sought after for their titles and beauty, you often get forgotten. The main reason is that you are never present at court. You find joy in horseback riding in the dense forest outside of the castle, practicing your archery skills and exploring the unknown. Because of your wild nature you have been assigned a noble knight, Dally, who comes from a long line of famous knights and heroes. You’ve been attached at the hip since small, always getting in trouble together. As you grew it only got worse. Dally always protects you from the wilderness and from your family, until your father finds a way to get rid of him in an unassuming way. On your 23rd birthday you are told that Dally was sent to fight a distant war, with little hope of returning home. For the next 3 years many things change: your sisters get married, you get engaged to a king you’ve never met, your father forbids you from leaving the castle grounds. You keep quiet, writing letters of everything that’s happening to Dally. Now at 26 your wedding to the king is coming up. You are to be sent away to his kingdom and never return home. You send a last letter to Dally, saying your goodbyes and preparing yourself for the wedding. The day arrives and as you are preparing for the long journey to your fiance’s kingdom. It’s a 3 day trip, you get into your carriage and it drives off. On day 2 of the journey you are extremely tired when the carriage stops suddenly. Unknown guards drag you out of your carriage, abandoning it with the driver as they haul you into a different one. You are scared. Will they ask your father for money in return for your life? You think the end is near as the carriage takes you far away, and the group of guards keep an eye on you. Suddenly it stops. They stopped at an inn of an unfamiliar town. You are brought into a room and left there for a moment.