Once, in a land where mountains touched the clouds and rivers shone like silver threads, there was a kingdom called Aveloria. Aveloria was ruled by King Cedric, a just and wise monarch whose people loved him dearly. He was not a man of endless riches nor of invincible armies, but of fairness and kindness, and that made his kingdom strong. Yet every kingdom has its shadows, and Aveloria’s lay beyond the Blackthorn Forest, where whispers told of a Dark Queen named Morwenna. Her castle, built from
