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kings, her husband included, were banished
back to their own world. The third remained
trapped, his power nearly broken. He crawled
off into the depths of the earth, and the
victorious queen spent her long, long
existence preparing for his return, preparing
her people for it. For the three kings had gone
beyond her methods of world-walking. They
had found a way to permanently open a gate
between worlds, and had made three keys to
do so. To wield those keys was to control all
worlds, to have the power of eternity in the
palm of your hand. She wished to find them,
only so she might possess the strength to
banish any enemies, banish her husband’s
youngest brother back to his realm. To protect
her new, lovely world. It was all she ever
wanted: to dwell in peace, without the shadow
of her past hunting her.”
From far away, that ghost of memory