FOR THE GOOD OF THE REALM

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 CHARACTERS Queen Taralen (original character)

RATING PG (mentions character death)

SUMMARY: Queen Taralen makes a choice for the Realm not everyone will be pleased with.

A/N: This is part of the ‘Faerie Fantasy of the Questing Princess’ series.

PROMPT: (muse prompt word prompt: Decree 6/20/12)

WORD COUNT: 281

 

FOR THE GOOD OF THE REALM

Queen Taralen held the parchment in her hands. It was not the time to do this. She needed to wait. Endora was still too young and Cara would never understand.

But she had to do this for the Realm and for the people contained in it. It was a hard choice to make. It would be questioned no doubt.

Queen Taralen didn’t care what the council would say. She worried about Endora. This affected her the most.

The Queen of the Tuathe sighed as she reread the decree in her hand.

“I, Taralen Queen of the Tuathan Ream of Ogham-Duir, do hereby and forthwith name as Heir and Successor to my Throne the Princess Gaylen Endora, my granddaughter.

Princess Gaylen Endora will be Crown Princess and Royal Heir from this day forward.

This revokes the title of Crown Princess for Princess Cara Leah, my daughter. She will be known as Princess Cara Leah from this day forward.”

The Queen carefully signed and affixed her seal. She opened the drawer in the desk and removed the packet of papers wrapped in a leather pouch. These were the Letters of Succession. She opened the pouch and removed the decree giving Cara her Throne and replaced it with the new decree. She placed the pouch back in the drawer.   

Queen Taralen picked up the now obsolete document and walked over to the hearth. She dropped it into the fire and watched as the paraffin of the wax seal flared.

There was no going back now. Endora, who held many of the same hopes and dreams as she, will now take her Throne after she passes through the final veil. 

“Please forgive me,” she whispered.