Plot Synopsis (Heartblood)

Chapter 1: Blackthorn and Bluebell
DATE: Once Upon A Time - 18 years ago

LOCATION: The Old Ford of the Mandeo

CAST: Moriath, the old washerwoman.

SYNOPSIS

 * Moriath comes down to the river and casts her spell on the shroud.

OBJECTIVE:
Moriath wants to curse Aine's baby. * Word Count:* 1,269.
 * OBSTACLE: She's a witch and needs to be invited to the sacred place.
 * OUTCOME: Success.

Chapter 2: A Queenly Gift
DATE: Once Upon A Time - 18 years

LOCATION: Galen's Hall, Bergancia

CAST: Moriath, Galen, Aine, Gorman, Astur, Brigid.

SYNOPSIS

 * King Galen throws a celebration and baby shower for his wife Aine.


 * Moriath crashes it and curses the baby.
 * But her curse is redirected by Aine.

OBJECTIVE
Moriath wants to curse Aine's child. * Word Count:* 2,402.
 * OBSTACLE: Aine is too selfless and clever for that shit.
 * OUTCOME: Failure, though she does not know it! She has only cursed Aine to die.

Finished June 14, 2017.

SYNOPSIS

 * Aine delivers both babies, Malac and Kieran, then dies.
 * Galen says to send them both away to the east, then plans to feign their death.

OBJECTIVE
The King wants his wife to see the gardens. The Queen wants to see her children born. * Word Count:* 2,898.
 * OBSTACLE* She's under a terrible curse and slowly dying
 * OUTCOME: Success, but she dies anyway.

Finished June 23, 2017.

SYNOPSIS

 * Kieran grows up among the Asturians and hunts near the river.

OBJECTIVE
Kieran wants to prove himself a man and hunt his first king stag. Word count: ?
 * OBSTACLE* He does so but the river is a divide between him and his brother.
 * OUTCOME: He kills the stag, yay!

Finished : ?.

SYNOPSIS
EMOTION:
 * Prince Kieran is turned away at the gates of Galen's Folly.
 * He camps in the wilderness, which suits him fine. He talks about how much peace it brings him.
 * They push on to the capital and there is much fanfare and rejoicing.
 * The King looks on him with delight, but says nothing, and retires to his tower in silence.

THEME (forgiveness): X

OBJECTIVE
Kieran wants to prove himself a man and hunt his first king stag. Word count: ?
 * OBSTACLE* He does so but the river is a divide between him and his brother.
 * OUTCOME: He kills the stag, yay!

Finished : ?.

SYNOPSIS
EMOTION:
 * Heavy lies the head: the Prince comes into his power.
 * The King clings to life because the heir is too sick, but falls on his deathbed when Kieran comes.
 * He rules as best he can, but it does not agree with him.

THEME (forgiveness): X

OBJECTIVE
? Word count: ?
 * OBSTACLE* He does so but the river is a divide between him and his brother.
 * OUTCOME: He kills the stag, yay!

Finished : ?.

SYNOPSIS
EMOTION:
 * The Woodsman Prince, Kieran travels to Galen's Folly to beg a cure for the ailing king.
 * He is "better suited for a huntsman than a king."
 * Vormaris says, "well, that you may yet be," but says no more.
 * Vormaris is a figure of preservation—he has preserved Malac all these years, and uses his powers to preserve the King—for a time—but it will not be forever.
 * The King does not recover, but does not die.

THEME (forgiveness): X

OBJECTIVE
? Word count: ?
 * OBSTACLE* He does so but the river is a divide between him and his brother.
 * OUTCOME: He kills the stag, yay!

Finished : ?.

SYNOPSIS
EMOTION:
 * Kieran is travelling in the woods. He hunts too far, strays across the ford after a stag.
 * He comes across the ford to where the princess Bianca comes and sits to hide him from her heartless mother., They court.
 * The father forbids their union and doubles the guard.

THEME (forgiveness): X

OBJECTIVE
? Word count: ?
 * OBSTACLE* He does so but the river is a divide between him and his brother.
 * OUTCOME: He kills the stag, yay!

Finished : ?.

''' Chapter 9: ? '''

SYNOPSIS
EMOTION:
 * Kieran goes to Malac and offers to give up his whole kingdom for the right to see Bianca.
 * Malac is full of venom. "What the people want, no king can stop.. " He tells him of the place where the river can be forded, so that he can see his lady love.
 * The father forbids their union and doubles the guard.

THEME (forgiveness): X

OBJECTIVE
? Word count: ?
 * OBSTACLE* He does so but the river is a divide between him and his brother.
 * OUTCOME: He kills the stag, yay!

Finished : ?.