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Lost Queen : Oh spirits can I, I could talk about her for hours. But… hm, I’ll pick something more specific, as so I don’t write an entire novel about her.

Queen Athrenna was rarely seen without her helmet and armor. I grew up thinking that it was because she always wanted to assert her regal appearance, but growing older I learned that it was because of her… scars.

She has… had, three ‘major’ scars that she just couldn’t seem to heal. The ones on her wing she received by the same kingdom of sphinxes that Scratch is from. The wound was in attempt to disable her left wing, but due to Athrenna’s strong will, was able to heal it leaving only the scars. Scales seemed to refuse to grow over them, and so she simply kept her armor on.

The scars on her chest are from Burdohk himself. She received it during her battle to become his mate, and since then Burdohk seemed oddly ashamed of himself. Our belly plates, if broken, can take over 50 or more years to heal again, but she never seemed to heal the ones on her chest. I always thought she wore her chest piece because Burdohk told her to. But, from what I learned from the journals of their maids after Kurosia’s fall, Athrenna wore a chest piece to keep her King from feeling bad about scarring her. 

Lastly, the scars on her face. Athrenna seemed to be ashamed of them the most. And sadly… I have no idea how she got them. She never told anybody, and she entered Kurosia with them as a young teen. Athrenna herself came from a small settlement of Yinvaht Kuros near one of the many large lakes in the mountains. Her village was destroyed by Arkeyans, so many assumed she received her scars from that battle. Any specifics are unknown… the secrets of the scars on her face died with her.

Is it strange that I when I hear this song I somewhat think of the Lost Queen? I think it has something to do with the tone of the song: Dark but kinda sad at the same time.

Song is Carnival of Rust by Poets of the Fall

OOC : Holy pewp this is freakn awesome O-O I totally love the feel of the song, it does actually make me think of the Queen too. So adding this to my tunes, thank you!!!!

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Lost Queen : It’s extremely rare for a King and Queen’s offspring become their successors, due to Kurosian hierarchy. Kurogh wasn’t related to the past king or queen, but he was the child of one of the warlords in Burdohk’s court. Royal offspring usually gained high places in the guard. In my years in Queen’s Military Training college, almost all of my teachers were the offspring of either Burgohk/Athrenna or the king and queen before them.

King Burdohk (pronounced Bur-Doke) was a very gruff, abrasive Brokt Kuros, his element had been earth. I only met him a handful of times, but I can still hear his loud voice to this day. He had one of those voices that carried through a room, he was just…loud, even when he wasn’t yelling. He often ranted about pride of our people, and how we should keep up our place as true bringers of darkness. He was quick to make war with others, but was also a fearsome, unstoppable force in battle. Sadly… he was slain in battle agains’t the nomadic Jackalope clains. He was a tank in battle, but a Jackalope assassin was able to sneak onto him and slip a knife into Burdohk’s throat.

Then there’s Queen Athrenna… oh the words I have for her. She was stunningly beautiful with a strong presence. She had a way of silencing a room just by standing still and quiet. When she did speak, she had a sweet, comforting voice; but stern, calculated. She always had an air about her that she was always one step ahead of you; and she was. Athrenna was fast and graceful, the way she moved was like her element; water. Athrenna was the very first Kurosian I saw when I escaped to Kurosia from Warfang. She had always been kind to me, but never put me above others. She wanted me to work for her respect, and did I ever. It is because of her I wanted to be Queen, and it is because of her I became one. 

She too died in battle; one that I fought at her side in. I… don’t like talking about it. I feel that I failed her when she was killed. I ignored my orders to keep fighting even if the Queen was slain in battle; I ran to her side.

She was the first Kurosian I ever saw… and I was her last.