(Book) The Queen of Mosse

The Queen of Mosse, also called Bronwyn and the Queene of Mowys or simply as The Mosse Queen, is a popular fairy tale in the Centrelands.
In addition to being a popular subject of literary analysis, the story has become the subject of pseudo-historical interpretations. Many individuals have sought to provide a definite location for an historical Mosse Castle, most recently the Pemblish writer and avid conspiracy theorist Martin Humbleberg. 
Despite this, the tale is commonly accepted to have no basis in fact, with many drawing comparisons to earlier 'proto-Queen' tales which may have evolved into the commonly known modern fairy tale.
== Synopsis ==
A young girl called Bronwyn is travelling through the countryside, searching for her father, who went to market the previous Day of Steam but never returned. 
She wanders through a dark forest when she arrives in an isolated village, overlooked by a tall castle on a nearby hill which is overgrown and shrouded in thick vegetation. 
The people of the village tell her that they have seen her father, and that he was headed in the direction of the castle when a storm blew overhead. He hasn’t been seen returning since then. 
They tell her that he did not heed their warnings not to venture towards the castle, and warn Bronwyn not to go in search of him. 
They tell her that the castle was once the home of their former liege lord, the Fairy Queen of Mosse. However, many years ago two of her most loyal courtiers, who had both intended to woo her, went to war to fight for her hand in marriage. 
In despair the Mosse Queen, who loved both her courtiers dearly, retreated to her castle and a great wilderness of leaves grew up around it to keep the two warring armies at bay while they waged battle. 
Bronwyn disregards their warning to venture into the forest to in search of her father, knowing that her family will starve if he does not return. 
Exploring the forest, she has encounters with the two courtiers and their armies, where she avoids death at their hands and frees her captured father through a mixture of riddles, bargaining and diplomacy, eventually bringing peace to the two sides. 
When peace is agreed, wilderness begins to recede from around the castle. However, when both Bronwyn and the courtiers go to the castle to see what has become of their Queen, they find that she had died long ago in solitude, seated upon her throne. 
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