Nychta - The Bloodrose Kingdom

The Raven's Tapestry - An Interlude

At the beginning of time, the Creator made the world. In the absence of anyone though, he decided to create the Nychtas, giving them three gifts: their lives, their natural knowledge for the surroundings, and their gems. The gems are symbols of the Creator’s powers, with many colors representing the different ones they have.

The first Nychtas built Gaia, the first ever civilization which they named Gaia. Bruno ruled the lands as a king, prosperous and generous in his time. However, one woman named Yves, who was naturally gifted with charisma, was able to find a black treasure in one side of the world. It was a black treasure that the Creator specifically told the nychtas to never get.

Yves used the black treasure, and gained immense power from it. Because of this, she gained her own followers, naming themselves Bloodrose. They had two goals, to ruin Gaia, and to spread chaos around the world. The rebellion caused the War of the Divide, where neither won. This however, caused a division between the two sides of the world, one is Gaia and the other Bloodrose. Gaia only has the sun for every day, while Bloodrose only has night. This is because of the Creator’s new rules, which nobody knew the reason for.

Bloodrose became a queendom, only ruled by a female. Nobody knew exactly what happened in the War of the Divide, but only that it came from hundreds of years before. All everyone knows is that Queen Roseux of Steel built the Crimson Palace to crown the queendom, and named its capital like the queendom’s own name. Silverfang, Catquoise, Fawnvuille, Aquamearn, Salquine, and Cel where the other towns in the queendom.

The Queen’s curse is when a queen dies mysteriously after a year of ruling, starting from five years ago. When a queen dies, a Divination is held, to find a replacement for her.

The Illuminae are Queen’s council, serving as her hand for different aspects like food, agriculture, power, and others. The leader of the Illuminae is Faeric of the Gems, while Rosemary of the Books is their creator.

The black Raven is introduced to be Machiavellian of the Raven, coming from the rural town of Silverfang. She grew up orphaned, only taken care by the town’s now-dead librarian, Gretta. After the latter’s death, she was forced to steal for survival, eventually partnering with Eman, leader of the gang Serpents. She mainly steals food and survival items, like clothing and necessary items. She resides in the town’s old library, maintaining it. In her free time, she frequents the treehouse she built in the Gray Forest.

And now, she is chosen as a candidate for the Divination, and her fate now lays unknown as she enters it finally. What secrets does the queendom hide? Will she be able to win the Divination? And will she be the one to finally solve the queen’s curse?