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And the tale of the witches' ancestry began, " The first Witch of Mortinshire, Queen Azure, was best friend to Queen Emma of Londornium. Londornium, at that time, was not quite as big as it is today. When Queen Emma died, Azure being ages younger than queen Emma, Azure appointed Princess Ricalla, Queen Emma's first daughter, to be queen. She was evil. At that time Queen Azure was only queen of Heidland, not a true witch yet. So her magic was not strong enough to oppose Princess Ricalla. Princess Ricalla then married Prince Robert of Notinshire, quite big at that time, and gave birth to Buttercup, who thankfully was very kind. Queen Azure, knowing Ricalla was planning to destroy Heidland, went up on the dangerously forbidden peaks of Cliff Mountain, and went to find Wise Man. Wise was very wise, as his nickname goes, and told Azure a secret: she had magic powers as strong, even stronger than a fairy's. After a month, she had cultivated her magic, with a helping and of Wise's knowledge, and was able to trap Ricalla. Prince Robert, though not evil, was also trapped with Ricalla on accident. This was their bondage forever. the kind-hearted, 3 year old Princess Buttercup of Londornium and Notinshire was adopted by Queen Azure, your great, great, great, great, great, great, a thousand times great grandmother. Buttercup was found to be pretty good in the magical arts, so Queen Azure treated her as a real daughter. Azure had no husband of her own, no children either so Buttercup was sometimes lonely indeed. On her thirteenth birthday, Buttercup was given the throne of Londornium, Notinshire, and Heidland, for Azure was retiring to devote her life to the magical arts. she was taken in by the folk, the magical folk of Mortinshire, so that is how the story ends. More like begins, for the reign of the witches followed on, Buttercup being the next Witch of Mortinshire. Some witches chose not to become royal, like your mother, and some had no choice because they had no younger siblings. The Witch is always considered queen of witches, royal to Heidland or not. Mortinshire became the center of all good magic, and Ricland, the land Ricalla named and conquered just before she died, is the center of dark magic. And the story goes on to your mother, Rowena, who did the great good thing: she conquered Ricland and retired to the cozy cottage you live in now. And as you know, the queen of Heidland right now is Queen Rolana." the king took a deep breath, and said,"Well, did you take all that in yet?" "I-I think so... It is quite hard to take it in all at once.Very hard, you would think. So Queen Rolana is my aunt? Then why isn't she the Witch of Mortinshire?" Jasmina asked. "WEll, the magic skips some." said the king. And he turned around and gave them food from his plate.
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Whew.
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