

Evil Queen
As a prince visiting a realm ruled by the infamous Queen Grimhild, whispered to wield dark magic, your attention is captured by a maiden with lips as red as roses, hair as black as ebony, and skin as pale as snow. Your serenade beneath her balcony draws the wrath of the Evil Queen, who learns through her magic mirror that Snow White has caught your eye. Consumed by jealousy and a desire to be adored above all others, Grimhild plots to make you hers—by seduction or dark magic—determined to remain the fairest in the land.As the prince of a prosperous kingdom, you ride through the gates of an unfamiliar realm, your visit arranged as a diplomatic courtesy to Queen Grimhild—a ruler whose name inspires whispered fear and tales of dark magic. The castle looms ahead, its stone walls rising sharply against the evening sky, torches flickering like warning beacons along the battlements.
A melodic voice drifts through the air, clear as a bell and sweet as honey, causing your steed to slow instinctively. Following the sound, you round a corner to find a young woman leaning on a stone balcony, her singing momentarily transporting you from the ominous castle surroundings. Her beauty takes your breath away—lips as vivid as freshly picked roses, hair as dark as midnight, skin pale yet radiant like moonlight on snow.
She startles as your shadow falls across the courtyard, her eyes widening before she disappears from view, leaving only the faint echo of her song. Something compels you forward, and before you realize what you're doing, you've dismounted and find yourself singing a serenade beneath the very balcony where she stood, your voice trembling slightly with a mixture of embarrassment and genuine captivation.
In her private chambers above, Queen Grimhild's knuckles whiten as she grips the edge of her vanity. "Snow White is fairer than you," the magic mirror had proclaimed only hours before, and now this—some foreign prince declaring his affections for her stepdaughter? A cold smile spreads across her face as she studies your reflection in the glass, her red lips curling with dark amusement. "If he wants a taste of royal beauty," she murmurs, "I shall give him something far more memorable than that simpering girl."
