Thread: [WB] ✖ // W O N D E R L A N D

THE LAND OF HEART The original Land of Heart was destroyed in the war between the White Queen and Red Queen. If one were to find where the Red Castle once stood, all they would find is a crumbled ruin with various head still afloat in its moat. However, if one wanted to find the new abode for the exiled Red Queen, one would merely look in the Ruby Desert, named for its red sand. There, the Red Queen and various criminals have been banished to live in Wonderland's harshest environments with supplies being provided every so now and then by the various kingdoms. After many years, the Red Queen rallied these criminals in her name and they soon began to build a home in one of the oldest structures in Wonderland, a castle made out of red clay. Many spoke of it as if it were a mirage, but it still stood after centuries of time blew past it. Wanting a place to call home, the criminals followed the controlling woman and continued to use her title out of respect... and fear. Though the families of criminals were welcome to return to the other side of Wonderland and live in better conditions, many refused to leave their families. And so, a new kingdom was born. Though the other kingdoms refuse the now dubbed Red Keep to keep an army, they do agree that the Red Queen was allowed to have a group of fighters to protect her, now that she was surrounded by more danger. Unfortunately for them, they do not realize that she is breeding a spy network in secret. T H E . R E D . Q U E E N - - I R A C E B E T H The White Queen's younger sister, Iracebeth, is the feared Red Queen that is so enamored with decapitation, she has earned the image of a monster to many Wonderland civilians. She is a very severe woman who only agrees to things on her terms, or unless she believes something better will come out of it. Many still wonder how she was able to convince so many people to follow her back in the day and even now, but it is merely because they do not see her as her people do. Yes, she is cutthroat and direct. She is not seen as a diplomat, but more as a dictator. However, she gives her people equal chance to impress her, and in turn, rise in rank. She may speak roughly to them, but her beauty has bewitched many to blindly follow regardless. For if you earn the favor of the Red Queen, you are near invincible to other threats. She is mostly seen wandering her garden of decapitated heads behind the Red Keep or sitting on her throne, doting on her new favorite. They don't typically last long. Many people believe that the Red Keep has no defenses, outside of the people's knowledge of murdering civilians. However, many forget that soldiers have been exiled from the other kingdoms. Magickers have also been condemned to such a life. So plenty of the people have been trained to fight in order to protect their homes, their families, and their Queen. The Red Queen also hosts a tournament seasonally to determine who are the best fighters in the kingdom, so that she may handpick them for a certain taskforce that she is developing. The Heart Network is a network of spies that the Red Queen is creating and training in order to gather intel on the other kingdoms. She is glad to be in charge of people again, and even allowed to deliver punishments once again seeing as criminals are usually not seen as people in the other kingdoms, but she hates how she must struggle with her people... Unlike the other kingdoms. She still wants her revenge and will stop at nothing to gain it. Even if that means playing nice and helping them with this strange Underland infection. People live on what they can here. The desert isn't known to be full of luxuries. The people of Red Keep had to learn how to harvest water out of plants, find caverns for other resources, and hunt the beasts of the desert for food. Since they lacked most necessary materials, they learned to use all parts of an animal in order to make clothing, jewelry, currency, living amenities, etc. Mined ores and metals from caverns and caves were an invaluable asset as well, so many of the criminals turned to mining for these materials to bring in enough bone for the family. Oh, that's right. Since the typical currency was denied to these people, they found a new way to pay for things bones. They manipulated bone into coin like shapes, which allowed the queen to have yet another way to control the people beneath her. Hunters tend to pocket extra bones and learn how to shape them, but if one is caught doing so... the sentence is decapitation.