I need to warn you first though. This universe is basically my utopia(?) where I can apply as many tropes as I like into it, resulting in a ambiguous storyline/setting. Like, one second I want it this way, but the next I want it that way. Have never put it into stone, so I might be a little vague here. I also have the most absurd plot. Not to mention the amount of mary-su/gary-stu here... I can't---
Beware of length. (I swear to God I didn't mean it to be this long but then I realized it's better if I explain the minor characters as well and it just----- I guess I'm just letting out everything I never have the chance to properly write?)
[Queen of Prophecies]
[Luna]
I once made a full name for her.... but it sounds so weird I just had to stop. I think it's Lunaniar something?
I don't know when to stop when talking about this girl (and universe) so I won't even put up spoiler tag. Basically everything about her is only revealed in the story development and all.
The very queen of prophecies herself! She is a young queen of Luciel kingdom, present age 22-ish. She was crowned as queen soon after the previous king's passing, when she's just 15, but in name only. She first spent 3 years studying more about governing a country. During that time, the official goverment matters were handled by the ministers. She took up the goverment after she turned 17. Even then, no one doubted her ability to govern... because she has shown a talent for it since childhood. Well, it's basically good genes (her father was a smart and wise young king, her mother was the best magic user in the kingdom and the first female general in the army).
But, there's also another reason Luna is highly respected. It's because she can see the future. Though it heavily leans toward a prediction of death, this ability has saved their country many times. Besides, due to the burden of seeing people's death ahead of time, she has this wisdom her peers do not. (Basically she grows too fast because of her ability.)
Her mother died soon after giving birth to her. That's why she was very close with her father. But their country got involved in war, and one day Luna saw that her father was going to die in the battlefield. She tried her best to stop him from going, but the kind and brave king told her that if he was to die then so be it, as long as he could protect his beloved country. And so he went, and met his death. Luna, deep in sorrow, took the throne and did her best to advocate peace and stop the war, supported by the ministers.
Because of this tragedy, Luna becomes a very withdrawn girl. She is polite and friendly to everyone, but always draws a line somewhere. She smiles but is actually empty inside. She believes that her father's death is her fault, as well as all those deaths she sees everyday. Such thoughts keep her awake at night or manifest into nightmares, so she has to take sleeping pills regularly to be able to sleep just enough to get by. She also has a new routine: going to the people she sees in her vision, either to help them avoid death (if possible), or to let them go in peace. Because of this, she is known as a down-to-earth queen, kind and caring, almost like a goddess. Everyone adores her, but no one knows the struggles she faces everyday. Only her physicians know about her sleeping pills, but even they can't find out the real reason she needs those. All in all, she's just fighting her demons alone.
She meets Willian and appointed him as her knight at 20, so they've been together for 2 years when the story starts (the journey begins). More about journeys below.
Luna wields dual guns, best of the best. She has almost perfect accuracy, and she can feel the shift in air. She is also adept in magic, especially support magic. Because she's more of a long-range type, she usually acts as the strategist and stays in the backlines during battles.
I actually don't know what she looks like. I just know she has that calm face. Maybe brown to darker brown hair? She wears long dresses during her time in the castle, but her battle gear for the journey has a short skirt and a cape. The holsters are on her lower back.
Vaguely realizes she has a crush on William, but is too afraid to act on it. When Maria tries to catch Will's attention (a bit obnoxiously tbh), she gets jealous but chooses to grief by herself (yeah right). Later when she is about to perform the releasing ritual, she asks Maria to take care of Will.
[William]
Or Will. A rough-looking guy with wild hair and slightly tanned skin. He came from a village far from Luciel. He came to Luciel in order to find the 'Queen of Prophecies', because that is the only clue he has about the man who burned down his entire village. He's 2 years older than Luna, and the incident about his village happened when he's 14. Ever since then, he's been travelling, asking for money or odd jobs to people in order to survive, and sometimes he learns about sword skill from travelers he meets. When he's 19, he is taken in by a sword master (almost the border of Luciel) where he learns swordsmanship seriously for 4 years before going to the queen.
When he finally meets Luna, the queen suddenly appoints him as her knight despite loud protests from her retainers. She then says it's something she has seen in her vision, effectively shutting them all. William himself isn't sure what to make of it... He means, he's just a homeless orphan who just wants to avenge his family/friends. Never once he dreamed about being a queen's knight.
After officially dubbed as a knight, he's trained heartlessly by the generals of the army (claiming that he needs to be worthy of his title) and becomes a master in swordsmanship as the result. No one can beat him, not even on unfair ground. He finally can say proudly that he's the queen's knight.
Only for Luna to announce they are to depart for a journey. The journey he came to Luciel for: looking for the man who destroyed his life. He is surprised, but cannot (will not) object. As both of them set out, Luna entrusts her crown to one of the most loyal, closest in blood to the royal family. William notes this as something odd, as if Luna is ready to give up the throne and thus chooses the most suitable one to take over the crown. But he stays silent.
As a knight, William fights in the frontline. He relies more on speed/agility than brute force. He can't use magic. Two years staying with Luna gives him complete trust for Luna's strategies and orders, and he follows them all without any hesitation.
Later, in the climax of story, he finds the man he's been looking for. He is surprised to find him looking the same as all those years ago. It turns out the man is a vampire, immortal and unaging. 10 years ago, the vampire, who longs for death, met young Luna. He saw that Luna wasn't any ordinary girl, so he striked up a deal with the still-naive kid: he would grant her wish but she had to find a way to kill him off in the future. One misunderstood wish later, the vampire destroyed Will's village, went into hiding and waited.
In present, the vampire is overjoyed to see Luna again, together with her powerful party. She keeps her promise: they kill him. The one who deals the finishing blow is William, who burns with anger and desire for revenge. But to embrace death means letting go of the curse, and without a carrier, the curse is then transferred to the killer--William becomes a vampire.
This revelation sets rage into William and the others, directed at Luna. How can't they? Luna is basically the reason William lost his home, and now she's also the one who devises the plot so that William gets cursed. They (especially William) loses faith in Luna, pushing her away.
Until Luna comes to Will boldly, ordering him to drink her blood (because if it's not an order, he's never going to do it). It causes Will to get angrier and he ends up hurting her.
But later that night, another big revelation is disclosed, and rage turned into grief.
(I told you, I don't know where spoilers begin.)
He respects Luna and never considers her an object of affection because he puts her on a pedestal. (But who are you kidding, Will. You care for her more than anyone, borderline a husband.) He responds more positively to Maria's approaches. But when he finds out about Luna's deepest fears and sadness, he decides to stick with her until the end.
[Steven]
Or Steve. A blond country guy with much too pure smile to be true. (Another cinnamon roll.) In a way, he's Luna's childhood friend because the king often visited his town (near Luciel capital) and Luna met him by accident. Steve has always been a kind guy, and he doesn't really care about Luna's status as a royalty, so they become friends in no time.
Luna and William come to him first when they start the journey to ask him to join. Steve doesn't instantly agree, but rather lets them do some kind of test first. He isn't very sure about the purpose of the journey, afterall. He's not sure why they chose him either. In the end, he joined the party.
Steven is a simple guy who always tries to stay positive. He wields a sword, but unlike Will, relies more on power. He can't use magic either.
I must admit his character isn't as developed as the others...
[Maria]
A nun in a church. Well, to be more accurate, a nun in the battle squad... Like the army part of the church association? She is the fourth member of the party. The story of why she is chosen and how she joins is unclear (to me, lol).
She's a brash and loud girl, she fears nothing, she's straightforward. She wears a modified nun uniform; because she's in the battle squad, her nun uniform actually functions as a battle gear too. She wields an axe, and hell she's deadly with it. She can use magic (because she's a nun) but it's nowhere near Luna's level, even though she's more adept in offense magic. She fights in the front line. One of her most fearsome point is her endless energy.
During the journey, she develops a crush on William. Oh she knows Luna is jealous, but as long as the queen doesn't say anything, she ain't gonna stop pursuing Will. But later, when Luna cracks a little, she finally relents and cease her flirtings. When nearing the ritual and Luna asks her to take care of Will, she can't help but cry for Luna (even though it doesn't match her personality at all).
[Elena]
Not human. More like an embodiment of magic? She has been around for more than a hundred years. Originally created as a weapon for war, she was then imprisoned in a magic tower. Because of this, she doesn't really understand humans as well as the developments in human world. Luna's party infiltrates the tower to rescue her, but instead she can't understand why they must do it. She also can't grasp how the party, seemingly disfunctional because the members' personalities crash with each other, can be a strong team when it comes to battles. But after watching them engage in a battle, she gets charmed and thus agrees to follow them.
(I don't know where to put this, but Elena originally thinks that her function is only during war. Going out of the tower means causing a war. She doesn't like it, so she accepts her fate, imprisoned forever in that tower. But Luna and the others are able to convince her that her existence can help in good things too, not just in wars. Besides, she has developed a personality, making her an independant being and thus able to choose what to do.)
As a not-human, Elena doesn't have many emotions d/h expressions. She has long blonde hair and pale complexion. She uses a spell tome as a weapon (more like, to channel her magic). Because her very core is magic itself, she has inexhaustible magic power and it's very very strong, as expected from the ex-weapon of war. Her specialty is wide-area magic spells (she can afford this because she doesn't run out of magic). She usually stands in the backlines with Luna, using magic to attack and heal, sometimes support (support is usually Luna's part).
You can say she's the only one who still trusts Luna, though just a fraction, when Will is turned into a vampire. She is the one who finds out about the ritual to erase the vampire curse completely. It may be surprising, but if you think about it, Luna's words and personality are what convinced her to leave the tower, so it's kinda natural she gets more than a little attached to the queen.
After the journey is finished, she separates way from her companions and begins to go around the world, to interact with humans, to help civilizations flourish. And she hopes one day, she will finally find a content death. (Though she swears she absolutely won't resort to the evil ways like the vampire once did.)
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Side characters (who doesn't have a name nor clear setting. Some are from the so-called prequel and sequel.)
[Luna's father]
The previous king of Luciel Kingdom. A wise man, brave and strong too. Before stepping up the throne, he used to be a well-respected crown prince who has led the army into victory many times. (In the past, there were lots of war so most of his time is focused to fighting battles and/or making strategies.) He was crowned as king at a young age, maybe around late 20ies. He then married the infamous female general of the magic squad.
When his wife died soon after giving birth to Luna, he was sad and vowed not to take a new bride. In consequent, he became attached to Luna (and vice versa). He often took Luna with him when doing various business trips. (That's how Luna met Steve and Will as a child.)
He went to that battle which took his life despite Luna's warning, mainly because in his calculation, this one battle will determine the outcome of the war. He's just that loyal to his country.
The story how he met and later married Luna's mother is depicted in the prequel.
[Luna's mother]
She's famous for being the first female general of Luciel's army. She is a very powerful magic user, and she commands the magic section. She's brave and strong-willed, also has a quick wit. (It's something she needs to survive in the male-dominated army, afterall.)
She is actually not native to Luciel. She came from a far land, in the middle of traveling around the world when she stumbled upon the capital city of Luciel, and it's just by accident (and following the flow of things) that she ended up in the army.
Before being promoted into a general, she doesn't see the crown prince much. She works in the different section of the army, afterall. (The magic section is a bit isolated from the general army. Even as a part of the army, they are mostly scholars who seek to improve their magic by researching, not just training.) But she quickly climbs the ranks, putting into shame her seniors using her outstanding magic and wit, and suddenly (maybe like 3-4 years since she joined army?) she's sitting at the conference of the higher-ups. That's when she starts interacting with the crown prince. (He's curious about her, like everyone else.) As time goes by, they get closer and intimate, and one day the prince gives her a promise ring.
Life happens, wars come by, shenanigans occur, time passes. The prince is crowned king. Their relationship is mainly hidden, but more and more people become aware of it. Until he proposes to her. Everyone is happy. (This is basically the whole point of the prequel.)
But she dies after giving birth to Luna.
.........or maybe not.
She's still alive, hiding away in the forest of elves, as one of the elders. Yeah, she decided to erase her existence in Luciel because she's not aging and people are getting suspicious. It hurts to leave her husband and daughter behind, but the existence of elves must never be revealed to humans.
She has powerful magic because she's an elf. She is way wiser than anyone else because she's lived two times longer than them. She was in a journey to see the outer world after having a fall-out with her family in the elves' den, her being a curious child. She accepted the offer to join the army because she wanted to try something new. She figured staying outside for 5 or 10 years won't affect her family much, time passes differently for them afterall.
After faking her death, she returns to the forest of elves and gets punished severely. She takes the punishment willingly, and after completing it, she once again resumes her position as one of the elders.
One day Luna and Will stumbles upon the forest of elves and find out that she's her mother. It is not a pretty reunion, but Luna, who never sees her mother and thus never loves her as much as she loves her father, finally (grudgingly) accepts the fact. It's not like it means anything, anyway. Luna's mother has no intention of taking claim of her, or trying to act motherly for once. (She knows it's too late.) So in the end Luna and Will leaves with the new knowledge of Luna being a half-elf, that's all.
(This is part of the sequel) (The sad thing is no, Luna's father never knew about this.)
[The vampire]
A lonely man who gets twisted after years of seeking death. He met young Luna once, ten years ago. It was at Will's village.
(Let's talk about Luna and Will's past! Sorry Mr. Vampire for stealing your space.)
So actually Luna has met Will during childhood. Just once though, and mostly in passing, so Will doesn't remember anything about it. But it's impactful for Luna.
Luna, who was about 10 at that time, had been feeling down because of her ability to foresee death. Her peers didn't want to get involved with her because she's creepy, she brought bad things (you know how cruel kids can be). So yeah, she's feeling down. And then at this faraway land, she saw a boy carrying an old dog. She couldn't stop her mouth and said that the dog was going to die soon. The boy looked at her, bewildered, and Luna already regretted running her mouth like that. But then, the boy asked her if his dog's death would be an easy one. Luna confirmed it, though hesitantly, only to be blown off by the boy's big smile. He even said thank you to her, for telling him that. He said its a good thing she could tell the future, because it gave him enough time to prepare for a nice deathbed for his dog. Stunned, Luna could only cry silently as the boy left. It's like she'd found a new meaning to her ability.
Years later, Luna came back to the same village. She really wanted to find that boy again, to thank him, to befriend him. But what she found was a beaten-up boy, looking glum and sorrowful. A victim of bullying, she realized. She barely knew the boy, but she knew he's a good person, a really kind and wonderful person--and so her heart broke watching him holding back tears as he put bandages on his wounds. (She just watched from afar, not knowing how to approach him.) How could people treat him like garbage like that? He definitely deserved better.
This is where the vampire showed up. As I explained before, he offered to grant Luna's wish if she agreed to kill him in the future. Guess what wish she made? Yeeah, she asked him to 'punish the people who hurt that boy'.
The vampire burned the whole village because, well, everyone in that village had hurt him.
But the arson happened after Luna returned back to the palace, so she didn't know about it. It's only after a few days that the news reached the palace, and she was devastated. She never meant for massacre like that! (And, because it's caused by an unknown force a.k.a the vampire's vampiric ways(?) she didn't see it in her vision either.) Ever since then, she had always searched for ways to atone for her sin.
Well, to be honest, this is also the main reason Luna never acted on her tiny crush on Will. She felt too guilty.
Let's go back to Mr. Vampire. Well, he's mostly a myterious being. (Maaaaybe he's there for the sake of plot only???) He calls Luna 'Little Miss Fortune-Teller'. His last words to Luna is 'thank you' and 'I'm sorry'. He most likely has figured out what she plans to do after having the curse on William, and so he's sorry for putting her in such position.
[Luna's mentor]
So this one is definitely nothing more than an additional side chara lol. But I feel that his profile is needed to see more into Luna's development. (I know she's got plenty already! I just want to, okay? xD)
Uhh he is the so-called mercenary prodigy. He is like the strongest mercenary, and he can use any kind of weapon. He met Luna in the Luciel kingdom shortly after the previous king's passing. He was just in the right place at the right moment--he saved Luna from an assassin (well, at that time the peace is not exactly achieved yet). As a form of gratitude, Luna invited him to the palace.
During his stay in the palace, this guy noticed how Luna was trying to suppress her sadness over her father's death. I mean, he's a damn mercenary and he had had lots of clients with various situations, and he definitely could see a mask when he saw one. But whatever he did to make her relax a little was futile; Luna was too stubborn.
One day, Luna accidentally walked in on him training his dual gun. Just out of curiosity, he offered to teach her guns. Luna accepted, being curios as well, and.... it's like she's finally found her passion? She quickly adapted to the weapon and began serious training under his tutelage. She trained almost like possessed by something. The mercenary figured this was her way to let out the piling stress and emotion, so he let her shoot as much as she wanted.
In the end, by the time the mercenary took his leave, Luna was already a deadly master of dual guns. Yes, this is the history of how Luna became a monster of dual gun: trained under the most terrifying mercenary.
During their journey, Luna's party encountered this guy. Then he challenged them to a duel, one by one, if to push them beyond their limit and increasing their skill/power. It's an epic duel, truly. He could easily overpower each of them even though they had their own strong points. The most amazing one was the mercenary vs Elena, as it's sword vs magic.
[Luna's descendant]
He appears in the sequel. Uhhh actually not actually her descendant because Luna never did get married. Remember the guy Luna appointed to take care of the kingdom as she set off on the journey? Well, he later became king because he's the biggest candidate for the throne after Luna's 'death'. This guy then had children and so on, and that is where this particular descendant comes.
So let me explain the situation here. Luna, after discovering that she's a half-elf, realizes that she won't age in the same way as normal humans. It's kind of proven because some time after her journey (and she resumes her duty as the queen), her appearance does not change a bit. She decides to follow her mother's examples and fakes her death, then hides away. Will, whose body still had the effects of his vampire curse and does not age as quickly either, follows her. Only their former party members know the truth, and they swear to secrecy.
Luna and Will travel to a lot of places while keeping their identity anonymous. Eventually, Will grows too old to continue travelling (while Luna remains young) and he dies peacefully in her company.
Luna, now all alone, continues to travel. One day she ends up back to where she starts: the capital of Luciel Kingdom. It has grown in many ways, and while she ponders around, she accidentally catches the eyes of a young nobleman. He tells her that she looks awfully like the most popular queen of Luciel's history, Queen Luna. When he finds out even her name is the same, Luna awkwardly reasons that when she was born, her parents thought she looked like the legendary queen and so named her after the queen. Fortunately, the man readily accepts her excuse.
The man later then invites her to his place because Luna does not have a place to stay yet. Which turns out... to be the very palace she lived in, about 300 years ago. Yeeaaaah, the guy is the crown prince. Surprise, surprise.
This crown prince is an outgoing person, sometimes too stubborn for his own good, but courteous as hell to ladies. His dashing look and gentleman mannerism gains him a lot of fans. Even Luna herself admits she has a crush on him, after spending quite some time with him. (It's been a long time since Will's death, but this is the first time she actually tries to move on. A big gamble on her part (what with her nature), but she really can't help falling for that carefree smile.)
The story of this sequel is mainly about Luna's relationship with this man. Completely a romance. There are some heartbreaks, but ultimately they live happily ever after.
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About the storyline... Obviously I've done it in the character sections, but I notice I haven't really touched on the subject of the ritual to lift Will's curse. Mainly it's because I have too vague of an image of it? Generally it's something Luna wants to do secretly, because she doesn't want to be stopped. It has something to do with sacrificing oneself. Obviously, Luna is prepared to offer her life--it's the only atonement she can think of after causing so much suffering to Will. (That's why she asks Maria to take care of Will.... because she plans to die.)
But she ends up returning to her kingdom???? That's because after completing the ritual, she suddenly just opens her eyes again??? It's kinda a lolz moment, where her companions are crying and grieving and all and she just, comes back to life.
So it turns out, the ritual only takes her precognition off of her. Like, the ability itself counts as a whole soul/life. It's sucked off as the cost of the ritual, while leaving her soul/life intact. That's why she is able to survive the ritual. She then returns to her kingdom as a normal human, no longer the Queen of Prophecies.
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Aaaand, that's it!
I can't believe I spent more than a week to complete this very long, very complex blog post. It beats me doing a oneshot. Lololol. I guess I just really want to put this out for you guys to see <3
For those who manage to read to this point, congratulations. Thank you.
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