#walatt lore

Ooo thanks for the ask! I was hoping someone would ask this!

Okay so basically the kingdom Rosalie is from (I haven't named it yet so we'll just call it the main kingdom for now) is surrounded by magical forest on two and a half sides. These forests were inhabited by tons of different magical creatures, many of which did not take kindly to humans setting up shop so close to them, and they disliked it even more when said humans started trekking into their domains to forage and hunt. War broke out, and the humans of the main kingdom had to fight tooth and nail for every scrap of land and food and gold and anything that they got. As a result the main kingdom began to resent all forms of magic, associating it only with death and destruction.

However, they were losing. Badly. Especially once the Fae discovered how much fun these humans were to toy with. So much unbridled rage and hatred was like candy to them, and things became downright horrific. So when the fairies offered their help to protect the kingdom, the humans said yes.

The fairies taught the humans the ways they could learn magic themselves and together they managed to keep the kingdom safe. In exchange the fairies only asked to be able to be equal citizens of the kingdom, which the King at the time granted, knowing that trying to cast them out would be suicide. The human citizens for the most part still hated and feared magic though, so the king made it so that no fairy could hold a high ranking noble title, and no royalty could have any magic ability. This placated the humans somewhat, and the fairies were allowed to live in the kingdom in relative peace.

Ironically, a few years after the king's son took over, the old king was found to have latent magical abilities, and was beheaded for it.

Can you tell me something you love about 'We All Lie Amongst The Thorns'. Something you're excited to write about but maybe haven't gotten to yet?

Ooooo this is a great ask!

I want to say all of it lol, but that's vague and unhelpful. I haven't really written a lot of this one to be perfectly honest, mainly plot outlines and vibes. Anyhow, I'm excited to write about the Queen's backstory, she's a super badass character (think warrior queen who has won many wars from the frontlines type of thing). I just love the vibes of the whole story and can't wait to introduce more magic into it.

your badly summarised wips and i can't live without knowing what's up with survival is a team sport and we lay amongst the thorns give me the lore please

First of all, I love you Letters, thank you for the ask.

Okay so, lore behind We All Lie Amongst The Thorns and Survival Is A Team Sport. I have done proper wip summaries on my intro post here, but I'd be happy to go into more detail.

We All Lie Amongst The Thorns is a fairy tale retelling. The main character is my version of Sleeping Beauty. The story starts on her presentation ceremony (the day about a week after her birth when she is presented to the public) where a fairy from each discipline will bless her, except for the divination fairy, who will read her future. After the blessings are given the divination fairy has her vision and says that she will be cursed to fall into a deep sleep on her sixteenth birthday, and that this curse will bring about the kingdom's downfall. The king, terrified of losing his power, sends the newborn baby deep into the woods, far away from him. And thus the story begins.

Survival Is A Team Sport starts out on a beautiful sunny summer day, the main character Camryn's birthday. He and his friends are on the way to his house after school to celebrate when suddenly the sky goes dark and strange things start dropping from the sky. The kids' path home is blocked, so they take cover in a nearby garage. The sounds of chaos continue throughout the night, and when they finally peek out in the morning, everything has changed.