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As others have stated, "genie" and "djinn" aren't different types of creatures, "genies" are the westernized depiction of djinn, who are beings in traditional middle eastern folklore and mythology. Their morality is just as varied as that of humans, and while they feature in Islam belief in them...

That is a good question to wonder, though my question is about finding an antagonist before that happens.

The djinn is trapped inside a cave until the climax of vashti's story, because her entire arc is about killing the king and she needs the djinns help to do that.

I'm in a state of considering your suggestion, even if I'm not sure it fits. The problem is that I don't see a reason for anyone in court to care where she's gone to after being exiled. I just don't see it as likely that a child born to a disgraced former queen could threaten the line of...

She doesn't, and I don't know how having a son would change anything. Besides the fact that Vashti is so young at the beginning of her story, when she loses her position, that such a thing would be creepy to a YA audience. Are you saying that Vashti could be seen as a legitimate contender for...

No one in court knows that. By the time Vashti decided that she wants to kill the king, she has been far away from the Royal Court for at least 2 years.

She wants to kill the king specifically.

I dont think there are many people who have reasons to want her dead. However, when i thought more about my story i arrived at the conclusion of a person or group who really, really doesn't want the djinn to be free, and will hunt down anyone who sets out to free her. I think the...

That was Haman and he wouldnt be in Vashti's story.

I dont know if that fits. I would want something more...limited, like a single figure or organization who crosses paths with Vashti.

"Tale of two queens" is my YA fantasy retelling of "The Book of Esther", featuring Vashti and Esther as dual protagonists and POV characters. In my story, Vashti's arc starts after she lost her position and banished from court. She moves into her personal estate and mopes for a while, but then...

Well actually I meant metal objects like jewelry, tools and weapons, but technically some metals can be cold-worked like copper, but yeah finished metal items are much more practical and convenient. The story is a retelling of The Little Mermaid where the princess from the merfolk kingdom...

Actually, the merfolk in my world get their metals from humans whom they coerce by making them worship merfolk and theatening to use weather-controlling magic to sink their ships.

So I've got a setting with an underwater merfolk civilization. In this world, merfolk are more fish-like than the standard depiction, being covered in scales and having both gills and lungs which they can use to breathe above water and speak. The setting is based on the bronze-iron age...

Ok. But do you think that the elements with the underworld being ruled by seven demonlords, each based on an animal: the goat, the wolf, the spider, the fly, the eagle, the snake and the beast-king, the main character being the half-human, half-demon son of the Spider demonlord and the Wolf...