The King's Champion

<p class=ql-align-center>You will have no firstborn to rule after you</p><p class=ql-align-center><em>She</em> will never conceive your firstborn - or at least not <em>first.</em></p><p class=ql-align-center>The last words of the Evil Wizard Lord Prydeen have hung over King Damien and Queen Genevieve for five years.</p><p class=ql-align-center><em>Five years</em> wherein Damien has sought to rebuild the Realm inspiring and requiring a return to honor and <em>noblesse oblige</em> among his corrupt and canny noble class.</p><p class=ql-align-center><em>Five years</em> whence Genevieve has restored three of the Five Lost Provinces to Ilseador's banner negotiating by dint of the army at her back - and her own formidable reputation as a warrior.</p><p class=ql-align-center><em>Five years...</em> and <em>ten</em> heartbreaking miscarriages.</p><p class=ql-align-center>And then Prydeen had added those <em>other</em> words that either allow for a kernel of hope... or are the grindstone with which to destroy King Damien's hopeful new reign.</p><p class=ql-align-center> You have a <em>Champion</em> of a problem young king.</p><p class=ql-align-center> </p><p><br></p>