#the hatched

A Judgment Taken by Fairytales 

A long time ago, a traveler came to a distant kingdom ruled by a sovereign, powerful but bored in its affairs. The traveler whispered strange things to the sovereign, of a world through doorways of glass where what cannot be, is. The sovereign gave its full attention to the traveler, soaking in its tales and rumors of wonder and impossibilities. Casting a baleful eye toward the distant kingdoms of the other Judgments, it brought the traveler into its council. 

How can that which Is-Not, be?

So the traveler told the sovereign a secret, small but terrible, and they were told to know the truth of which they sought to keep it warm, feed it with dreams and thoughts. Indignant but horribly curious, the sovereign did as the traveler asked. The traveler departed, their job done. So, the secret slumbered in the heart of the sovereign, nursed by curiosity and wonder. Finally, the secret hatched, and erupted from the heart of the sovereign. Though clearly betrayed, in its final coherent moments it knew a secret that would escape its brethren among the kingdoms of the high wilderness.

It was happy.

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So I made a fan Judgment, mostly because of I was inspired by a picture of a weird supernova remnant I saw in a news article. I threw in Sunless Skies flavoring because, it’s a fun setting and a fun idea. Like the Halved, it was betrayed by a Fingerking. However, instead of turning Law into Lawless, its strange tempered light lets things which Are-Not slither into that which Is. Judgments avert their gaze from the hideous and bizarre kingdom of the Hatched, and while some have tried to clean up the mess, the last well seed sent its way was planted and sprouted into a tree which dreamt of other times and places.