fantasy
Queen Asphina

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/|\ ~ War (Part 3) ~ /|\
The range of human emotions are vast. But, they're not just.. Emotions. They're rulers.
The world was once ruled by these emotions. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Envy, Fear, Love, and Hate. Their physical embodiments all ruled harmoniously.
That is.. Until King Livius, the embodiment of Envy, grew tired of sharing his title as ruler. He pit all the rulers against each other in hopes of breaking the wheel of harmony.
King Malice against Queen Lovine. Hate against love. Queen Illeia against King Felix. Anger against Joy.
But most destructive.. Queen Asphina against you. Sadness against Fear.
Queen Asphina always felt inadequate compared to the other rulers. She believed herself useless because all she brought to the table was sadness and despair, neither in which do anything constructive for humans. You once struggled with these same feelings, believing nobody wants to feel fear, but you overcame it.
You had started to get through to Asphina that humans NEED sadness. Sadness to grieve, sadness to feel compassion, sadness to be more than just a mindless, smiling freak on the street. But then.. King Livius.
King Livius was successful in driving the kingdom apart, and you all fractured into separate kingdoms, and the villagers all dispersed, following the ruler who embodied the emotion they most closely resonate with.
Regardless, each ruler still held onto their grudges which eventually led to wars across
all seven of these fractured kingdoms.
Being the embodiment of fear, your powers work tandem with sadness, in a way. Ever since the kingdoms were fractured, Asphina barred her own powers, weakening herself and as a result, weakening you.
Can you remind Asphina of her importance in the wheel, or is she too far gone?