Plot Synopsis (Heartblood)

LOCATION: The Old Ford of the Mandeo

CAST: Moriath, the old washerwoman.

* OBSTACLE: She's a witch and needs to be invited to the sacred place.
* OUTCOME: Success.

\*Word Count:\* 1,269.

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LOCATION: Galen's Hall, Bergancia

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

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

* 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.

\*Word Count:\* 2,402.

Finished June 14, 2017.

### **Chapter 3: The Pact Is Paid**

#### **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.

* OBSTACLE\* She's under a terrible curse and slowly dying
* OUTCOME: Success, but she dies anyway.

\*Word Count:\* 2,898.

Finished June 23, 2017.

## Book II

### **Chapter 4: Hawk and Heron**

#### **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.

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

Word count: ?

Finished : ?.

### **Chapter 5: Homecoming**

#### **SYNOPSIS**

* 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.

**EMOTION:**

**THEME (forgiveness): X**

#### **OBJECTIVE**

Kieran wants to prove himself a man and hunt his first king stag.

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

Word count: ?

Finished : ?.

### **Chapter 6: ?**

#### **SYNOPSIS**

* 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.

**EMOTION:**

**THEME (forgiveness): X**

#### **OBJECTIVE**

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

Word count: ?

Finished : ?.

### **Chapter 7: ?**

#### **SYNOPSIS**

* 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.

**EMOTION:**

**THEME (forgiveness): X**

#### **OBJECTIVE**

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

Word count: ?

Finished : ?.

### **Chapter 8: ?**

#### **SYNOPSIS**

* 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.

**EMOTION:**

**THEME (forgiveness): X**

#### **OBJECTIVE**

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

Word count: ?

Finished : ?.

**Chapter 9: ?**

#### **SYNOPSIS**

* 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.

**EMOTION:**

**THEME (forgiveness): X**

#### **OBJECTIVE**

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

Word count: ?

Finished : ?.