She swayed in the wind, danced to the rustling of the trees, her crown of silver, gold, and rowan wood glowing warmly like a candleflame. Her face was calm, but raging, as if she was happy and anguished at the same time. A clanging sounded in the bushes, and a squadron of heavily armored warriors crashed into the clearing, leaving her surrounded, save the cliff to her back, overlooking a beautiful seashore.

A man clad in armor trimmed with Phoenix feathers and Selkie fur, obviously the leader, stepped forward and flicked up his visor. He was a handsome man, with dark eyes and hair that stretched to his shoulders. His skin was a pale, pale white, and his teeth were jagged and fanged like a bat and a wolf alike. His expression also was wolf-like, as he said to her, mockingly, 

"Well, Hel-lo, my lady! Fancy meeting you here, in such undignified surroundings, I would expect a lady of your caliber to be in a castle or mansion, not a dirty old forest." he was trying to provoke her, but was disappointed when she simply smiled and said, "I find it useful, at times, to return to my roots."

"Ah... yes, this is where your mother was grown. I

had forgotten."

"And died, Cedrikk. Her ashes were scattered among the other trees and plants here to help them grow and prosper, though her stump remains here."

"Yes... Your Majesty, I hate to say this, and I am eternally sorry, but I simply must kill you now, if I am to become King of Sylvan."

"NO!!" two young woman, clad entirely in leaves, stepped out of their trees, holding sticks sharp and hard as swords. "We will defend our Queen, even if it costs us our lives!"

"Stand down." said the Queen, quiet but firm.

"What?!"

"Stand down, Reika and Thana. no blood -save mine- shall be spilled today."

The Dryads looked more than a slight bit ready to disobey, but slid back into their trees reluctantly, looking sadly upon their cousin the Queen. 

"I have thought long and hard on this, Riko." said the Queen, "and I have decided on the best course of action."

"Thank you for seeing it my way" said Riko, and made a gesture to his men, who advanced on the Queen, only to fall back, as, after she doffed it, the crown began to emit a blinding light. Riko's eyes widened, and he screamed "SEIZE HER!" to his men, who lunged at the Queen, but in vain, for the crown splintered into seven large shards, and four small. Riko screamed in fury, and he was left standing with only one shard of the crown.

And then the Queen smiled and said; "And thus, I choose mine own death." She fell back over the edge of the cliff, arms spread, and fell into the sea.

Reveka woke, sweating, and, after she had calmed herself, walked to her window, overlooking a landscape of dark thorns and ivy, choking what had, once upon a time, been a beautiful oak meadow. 

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Wow, that went way longer than i expected. Anyhoo, this is the beginning of the book i'm writing, called the Splintered Crown, though the trilogy will be called the Splintered Kingdom. (And yea, it will be a trilogy, the second book will be called the Broken Jewel, and the third will be the Shattered Sky.) Anyway, i have trouble coming up with characters, so i have decided to do something similar to a Solo Write, though i reserve the right to change any part of them, except maybe their names, at will, or reject them completely. Now to you i present the rules.

I. Your characters must fit the genre of (slightly Dark) Fantasy.

II. Your characters must not be Over Powered or Cliche.

III. There will be only Three Main Characters for this book, one Elven, one Dragon, and one Human, besides the ones that i create.

IV. You must not complain if I change or regect your character. (In case this sounds like I'm micromanaging, i just want to prevent a war... a precaution i should've taken on my first RP.)

V. Have fun creating characters. If any of my rules prevent you from doing so, just ignore them.

VI. Please refrain from creating characters without detail. (For personality, 3+ sentences. For appearence, 4+.)

VII. Please refrain from giving Minor characters strong powers such as Pyrokinesis or Telepathy, although they could have such powers as control over sparks, or minor empathy. (Secondary characters can be almost as strong as Main Characters, though not quite.)

CHARRIE SHEET:

Name:

Gender:

Appearence: 

Age: 

Personality:

Speices: (Dragon, Human, Dryad, Halfling, Dwarve, Etc.)

Background:

Powers:  

Powers granted by Speices: (Dragons breathe flame, Dwarves see in the dark, Etc.)

Hero, Villain, or random character that doesn't really care and are usually gonna be Minor charries, with the occasional secondaru.:

Other:

MY CHARRIE:

All right, have fun!