"When our peace and freedom are stolen from our own by the hostile world, we look within for hope and fantasy."
~
The Underground Oubliette of slavery,
Northern Faction,
Kingdom of Hyll-Decanta,
The second Sunnight of the Second month,
Fiftieth Year of the Reign of Adon-Vericus IV
Mercedes could not yield to slumber that night. The very day she was enduring marked the end of five and score revolutions since the day of her birth.
It was largely believed that that day would be the most significant in her life, for, as a dame of royal blood, it was the time of her coronation. However, such dream had turned into her most terrifying nightmare.