Feeling at first like a footnote in someone else’s story, the princess begins to write her own.
Finished with one chapter she steps off the pages to look at her work, and she is
Filled with the delight of a child playing with a new toy – a smile for each ink stroke.

Good things turn to greater things for the princess as she is bestowed with her father’s wisdom.
Great things come to pass in the kingdom as a stranger from the wasteland wanders to the valley.
Gut feelings from the king warn against the stranger’s intentions and the princess is

Hidden away in the throne room until the wasteland merchant leaves.
Her curiosity tempts her to drop an ear by the door beyond which was the king’s conference.
Hints of a secret passage beneath the throne room lead to her the discovery of a lost reality.

Inching down the stairs the princess peers around a corner to see a maze guarded by an
Incredibly strong and lethal man with naught but a hammer and some nails.
In the sights of the guardian, the king’s daughter moves forward to stand before him.