mbartelsm
Troubadour
So, the story goes like this:
A world where magic is used through "Sunstones", when these are used they take energy from the sun. The society where this happens has evolved enough so that their energy consumption is higher than the actual energy the sun produces, this is effectively consuming the sun.
The emperor decided to spent all resources in an all or nothing plan, they will dig with huge drills all over the world (the world is inverted, as in a bubble of air in a universe of infinite dirt and stone) to find a energy source that can replace sunstones, but this will consume huge amounts of energy, shortening even more the life of the dying sun. A rebel faction was formed when people heard of this project and they attempted to take control of the empire, they killed most of the royal guard, the emperor, the empress, their son and left their daughter (the current empress) unable to walk.
Is it believable that the empress became a cruel despotic empress because of this situation? and what kind of redeeming traits can she have to compensate for this other than the fact that she's a victim of her circumstance?
EDIT: she's around 9-11 years old when the story starts
A world where magic is used through "Sunstones", when these are used they take energy from the sun. The society where this happens has evolved enough so that their energy consumption is higher than the actual energy the sun produces, this is effectively consuming the sun.
The emperor decided to spent all resources in an all or nothing plan, they will dig with huge drills all over the world (the world is inverted, as in a bubble of air in a universe of infinite dirt and stone) to find a energy source that can replace sunstones, but this will consume huge amounts of energy, shortening even more the life of the dying sun. A rebel faction was formed when people heard of this project and they attempted to take control of the empire, they killed most of the royal guard, the emperor, the empress, their son and left their daughter (the current empress) unable to walk.
Is it believable that the empress became a cruel despotic empress because of this situation? and what kind of redeeming traits can she have to compensate for this other than the fact that she's a victim of her circumstance?
EDIT: she's around 9-11 years old when the story starts