[ All right, well, she can't argue that. With a soft, low chuckle that Odette is just as positioned to feel beneath her fingertips as to hear, she props herself up on a forearm, using her other arm to sweep her hair over her shoulder such that her back is fully visible. ]
Some almost-thirty years ago, the people of the Kingdom of Atra were given a sign. A divine blessing, that amongst their people there had been born a child with a soul delivered from the heavens. In my world, we call these people aasimar. They are destined to be messengers and agents of the gods. In Atra, magical power is absolute, and this includes magic granted by the gods. Soon the noble families would sweep their lands in search of this aasimar child, and they would find her, having been born to a desperately poor family. Thus was she sold to the Lord and Lady Fragonard, to be raised as their own and raised to be their prized trophy, a divine knight to stand a symbol of their supposed fortune, both financial and spiritual.
What do you think happens when such a child is raised surrounded by insidious plots, by corruption and greed, Miss Odette?
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[ All right, well, she can't argue that. With a soft, low chuckle that Odette is just as positioned to feel beneath her fingertips as to hear, she props herself up on a forearm, using her other arm to sweep her hair over her shoulder such that her back is fully visible. ]
Some almost-thirty years ago, the people of the Kingdom of Atra were given a sign. A divine blessing, that amongst their people there had been born a child with a soul delivered from the heavens. In my world, we call these people aasimar. They are destined to be messengers and agents of the gods. In Atra, magical power is absolute, and this includes magic granted by the gods. Soon the noble families would sweep their lands in search of this aasimar child, and they would find her, having been born to a desperately poor family. Thus was she sold to the Lord and Lady Fragonard, to be raised as their own and raised to be their prized trophy, a divine knight to stand a symbol of their supposed fortune, both financial and spiritual.
What do you think happens when such a child is raised surrounded by insidious plots, by corruption and greed, Miss Odette?