Mirdenla

**// Physical violence, harassment, non-consensual sexual violence, drugs**

Long ago, a young princess was born. She was the ninth in line to the throne, but with her scarlet eyes and ebony hair was no less beautiful than her siblings.

She was her father's pride and joy and often appeared with him at the rare royal appearances among the people, so much so that she earned the nickname "The Black Diamond".

The princess's true passion was for the arcana. She spent most of her time studying them and creating a new form of modern magic that blended with the arcanes. However, the role of a princess was not to cast spells, and her father severely repressed her for her discoveries ( even though they were totally innovative for the time ) by beating her or locking her up for hours in secluded places in the castle.

Her siblings, unable to bear the attention of the nobles towards her, began to harass her on a daily basis. Whenever her father heard about it, he turned his head away and wanted nothing to do with it.

One day, the young princess had enough. She fled the castle in the pouring rain no longer able to bear the violence of her family.
But life did not get better for her, on the contrary. On her hasty escape, she met some merchants who left for a nearby town and were kind enough to give her a ride. After only a few hours of travel, she was offered food.

Poor Princess. The merchants, recognizing the absolute beauty of the kingdom, poisoned the food with a paralytic. For hours the princess was sexually abused by the merchants and could only watch.

When they were finished, they threw the young woman on the road, at the edge of a forest. Half awake and almost naked, she ran into the forest without turning around until she collapsed from exhaustion in a grove.

When she woke up, the sun had already set and only orange rays of light could penetrate the leaves of the dense trees. She stood up and rubbed her eyes without dropping her dress, which could no longer be held together. In front of her was an altar on which a large stone dragon was enthroned. She walked over to the credenza thinking she could see a mirror behind it.

"Hello little child"

"Who... Who is this? Who are thou?"

In the mirror that was so lifelike, a pair of eyes appeared on the princess' back. She turned around, but saw nothing but the dark forest.

"I have been watching thou, Princess..."
"Do thou wish to take revenge? "

"H-How so?" she replied, staring into the eyes of the mirror.

"Become my servant and I will make thee the most powerful witch in this world.

The young woman did not answer.

"After all, thee have been through, you can only return to thy family, young woman, but their resentment against thee will never go away, and thee know it. Thee have only one choice to change that."

The young woman hesitated. Still afraid she wanted to stammer out a sentence when she heard a noise in the forest.

"According to the merchants, they left her here."

"Ahahah, that tramp could not have gone far, especially after what they did to her."

"Did thee really have to kill them anyway? They kept up their end of the bargain"

"The story must not get out; and the king didn't even give me money to pay those rapists.

The young woman turned around with a look of determination

"O Master Dragon, I will gladly accept thy grace".

"So be it. Mirdenla, Witch of the Ebony Woods. "

The plants, roots and trees around her began to move and stretched their branches in her direction. They surrounded her and formed a new dark robe. The eyes in the mirror disappeared just before it broke into a thousand pieces.

"Princess! We come to save thou ! "

... nothing

"Princess? "

" ᛊᛟᚱᚱᛁ, ᛁ ᚨᛗ ᚾᛟᛏ ᚢᛊᛖᛞ ᛏᛟ ᚦᛁᛊ, ᛁᛏ ᛗᛁᚷᚺᛏ ᚺᚢᚱᛏ "

Suddenly the guards were seized by brambles and crushed piece by piece as they fought back as best they could. Their cries of pain echoed through the forest. When they were dead, the young woman laughed euphorically.

" ᛁ ᚨᛗ ᛗᛁᚱᛞᛖᚾᛚᚨ, ᚹᛁᛏᚲᚺ ᛟᚠ ᚦᛖ ᛖᛒᛟᚾᛁ ᚹᛟᛟᛞᛊ. ᛏᚺᛁᛊ ᚹᛟᚱᛚᛞ ᚹᛁᛚᛚ ᚠᚨᛚᛚ ᛏᛟ ᛗᛖ ᚹᚺᛖᚦᛖᚱ ᛁᛏ ᛚᛁᚲᛖᛊ ᛁᛏ ᛟᚱ ᚾᛟᛏ. ”

Shortly thereafter, a revolt broke out in the kingdom. The royal family was executed and an old head took the place of the king.

The Black Diamond was back, and for good.