Warrior princess (closed)

[SRP_lover19]

Ashanti Goldman is a princess in the kingdom of Evergreen. She was at an age where she was to become a queen of her own realm. Her father was starting to get upset at her for turning down most of the suitors that he had set before her. Her father wanted to.habe grandchildren and he knew if she wasn't happy with the suitors she would not bear him any grandchildren.

Today her father was having a party inviting many from other kingdoms to it in hopes of Ashanti finding a sutior. She arrived in her party gown. She had with her a wolf puppy that followed her home out of the woods. The puppy followed her closely getting between anyone she didn't like. The party went on until Ashanti found a knight in her father's service. She couldn't peel her eyes away from him for some reason she found this man irresistible though she hadn't been with men at all. She could feel her heart pound in her chest. She had no clue what was going on in her body.




[Everyone in this role play is of legal age.]

 

[guyloveshotstories]

Another party. Another chance for the aristocracy to show off. That's what I thought when told ahead of time that there was another ball of sorts taking place so that the the King could find suitors for his daughter.

I have been in the King's service for over ten years. Been in many battles, both for the King and for the help of others. So many battles that they have started to meld together. My armor was handed down to me by my father, who was also in the service of the Crown. It had seen better days. It had lost its polish a long time ago, full of nicks and dings, and scars.

Most knights would want to have the blemishes buffed out, however, my father said that a knight that has polished armor is only a display piece. I took that too heart when I was selected to be one of the door guards to the party.

As a knight, we were not fully part of their kind. I had land, only a little piece that wasn't of much such. It hadn't be cultivated in a long time. Mostly woodlands that had a lot of game to it. There was no home there for me. My home was where ever the Royal Family went. As their guard, I've been on campaign, on party, and after standing around. I tend to think my standing around was keeping the King and his only daughter safe. That's what I tended to think. It made me feel useful when not on campaign.

 

[SRP_lover19]

Ashanti could keep herself from starring at the knight in question. Though she was passed from potential suitor to potential suitor she kept an eye on him. She wanted nothing more for her father to take her to him but she knew he wouldn't. She soon started to get more annoyed with her father because she felt as if she was being paraded around like a cow to be bought.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

While it may feel like a show, it was being done with, at least in the eyes of her father, with the best intentions. Having only a daughter left the kingdom vulnerable. If she could be wed with another kingdom, that would bring peace and prosperity between the kingdoms, though there are many and choosing one over the other would make the others quite upset.

The party would drag on for a long time. The suitors, with their representatives, would step forward and present themselves to the princess along with tokens of esteem. These were a dowry, sort of like a bribe, in my opinion to try to entice either her or the king to choose one over the other. This would be bags of gold, fine horses, and silk.

Watching all of this, I could only scoff and shake my head knowing that the princess wouldn't go for any of it. She was stubborn and didn't bend easily to some trinkets. She wasn't like the maids that worked around me, showing off their goods while putting plates in front of the guests and filling up their mugs.

 

[SRP_lover19]

Ashanti could barely stand this party now she knew that all of the princes wasn't going to be to her standards and eventually her father would choose someone for her. When she found an opening she quickly fled the room going to somewhere where she wouldn't be found at all. She couldn't take her mind off of the knight but rightbnow if she didn't leave she would end up doing something that would hurt the kingdom.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

The Princess fled the room. Not many noticed, save the maids. I noticed because she blew right past me. There were tears in her eyes and her loyal wolf followed close behind. She fled to one of the trophy rooms her father had established showing articles from battlefields long forgotten. As my duty to protect the princess I left my post at the door and followed.

The footsteps in my armor resonated through the halls at my approach and when I knocked on the door, the wolf growled.

"M'lady?" I called out before stepping inside. "Are you in pain?"

In her haste to leave she left the door to the chamber slightly open. That's where I found the princess sitting at the base of a small stand that had the broken spear point of some soldier from a long ago battle that to me had no significance, but it did to her father.

While the princess may know me, the reputation of her wolf was known throughout the castle. It was a vicious creature, but only if provoked. It was fiercely loyal to her and only to her, even snapped at the King a few times. Though up to this point it has been rather calm around me, though I did not desire to test those waters by barging into the room unannounced.

 

[SRP_lover19]

"No I am fine." Ashanti said as she sat there letting her wolf. She couldn't stand being paraded around like that her father wouldn't even let her consider her own husband at all. She found it odd that her pet wasn't growling or doing anything at this point. The wolf hadn't been the nicest to some of the people in the castle but given thenfavt that the female wolf would protect the princess with her life.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

Cautiously I closed the door to the chamber and approached the lady, right hand held out towards the wolf as a token of peace. The creature kept her eyes glued on me without blinking as I approached. "My lady, I saw you leave the festivities." Coming close, to almost within arm's reach of her, I stopped, continuing to hold out my hand to the wolf while look at her as she sat there. "Are you not going to partake in the feast?"

The feast was something already being prepared as we spoke. A 60 foot long table, said to be made from the wood of Lord Fark's flagship that was lost over 100 years ago. The table was being covered in exotic and fine food taken from all over the realm.

 

[SRP_lover19]

"I kind of have to... if I don't show up my father will have me dragged back to the feast regardless if I want to be there or not." She said giving her wolf Chiva push trying to get her to calm down a bit. She knew that all of this wasn't the knights problem but if she didn't show up to the feast then it would end up being his problem.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

We didn't know it at the time, the King was looking for her. When the Princess didn't answer his pleas, he started summoning everyone to the dining hall that was waiting. This would allow him to search for his daughter in his heightened state.

"If I may be so bold as to ask, why would you come here?" I asked after a moment's hesitation. This place seemed out of the ordinary for her to run to unless there was some special significance for her. If she was looking for some place safe, the wolf would do that. In looking around and knowing this place, this was full of her father's trophies, largely special just for him.

 

[SRP_lover19]

"This is the only place that my father will not let the staff go unless it is absolutely necessary." She said to him. Though the place may need cleaned from time to time he didn't like anyone in here. She used this place to hide because it guaranteed her some time to herself.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

They couldn't see it at that moment, but Father was becoming bewildered, though he tried to hide it. With all the guests in the dining hall, they couldn't start the feast without him and he couldn't start without his lovely daughter. "Where is she? Where is she?!" he called out. The chambermaids had no idea. He ran to each one of them, demanding to know. They couldn't say.

"By the Gods, she has the same attitude as her mother!" he screamed while running through the halls.

We had ourselves a moment alone. I was still on guard, however, I decided to carefully remove my helm and comb back my long, sweaty, hair to one side. We had, or rather, I had known her for quite some time. But being on campaign and on duty, I doubt that she, the King's daughter, would know me all that well when wearing this dinged helm. She was right, hardly anyone came into this chamber. It was the King's private escape from the world.

"My lady, perhaps we haven't been formally introduced. I'm Sir Ringgold. I have served your father since...well, since you were little. I have been with him in many battles."

 

[SRP_lover19]

Ashanti's heart skipped a beat when the knight took his helmet off. She didn't know what to do mainly because if her father found them alone together he could be in serious trouble. "Hello my name is Ashanti." She said back to Jim not know where to go from there.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

She appeared confused and nervous. Slowly donning my helm, I spoke in a whisper, "My Lady, perhaps it would be wise if we leave this chamber now and rejoin the others at the feast," carefully holding out my hand, palm up and fingers extended, to her. A glance down showed her wolf continuously starring at me, waiting for trouble. There was no malice or haste in my tone, though I did feel that every minute waiting in this chamber further exposed us. I only wished to take her hand and guide her out, at a deliberate pace. If one of the chambermaids inquired of our absence, I didn't know what to really say as anything coming from my mouth would only dig us deeper into trouble. They weren't my concern. The king was.

"Where is my blasted daughter?!" the King's voice boomed. He had many factions at the table, valuable allies and trade partners. All asking for his daughter's hand. Any one of them would be a great husband to Anya.

 

[SRP_lover19]

Ashanti took his hand and got herself up before making her way to the banquet hall. She still didn't like being there because if felt as if she was being paraded around like cattle for a buyer.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

Approaching the feast, the doors were opened at our approach. Seeing the magnificent princess enter the hall, the men at the table hastily stood up in respect as the King stumbled in, breathing a sigh of relief that his daughter had been found. He didn't ask questions aloud.

"Ah, my daughter!" he exclaimed as he stood beside his chair. "There she is, gracefully late."

The seat to his left at the table was open just for her. As we walked down the length of the table, the men, both old and young, smiled and nodded as their eyes looked over the face and figure of the princess. Some were genuine in their feelings, others saw her as nothing more than a meat puppet, someone that-if they married-would only boost their prestige rather than satisfy the princess.

 

[SRP_lover19]

Ashanti sat beside her dad not looking like she wanted to be there if it wasn't for the food the night would have been a total wast. She could feel the eyes on her which she didn't like at all.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

"Thank you, Ringgold," the King waved me off. Before leaving, to return to my post, I looked that the Princess one last time with her downtrodden look. Her desire to not be with these people spoke to me with her silence. Yet, I was powerless to do anything about it. Our wills were quashed by those of the other men at the table.

Now that the Princess graced the room with her presence, the other men, the lords of the lands, stood up with their mugs of beer and ale, offering toasts to the King, one rising up after the other trying to trump the previous with boasts of fidelity.

Taking my post by the door, I drew a deep breath and let it out. This feast would go on for hours, judging by the size of these men. The other knights guarding the room would have to stay and watch as these men turned to savages, tearing into the plates of meat and vegetables, more food than what most peasants would eat in an entire year. It didn't seem right that these men had a whole hog roasting on a spit while a farmer might see meat only once a week.

Standing there in a relaxed pose, my thoughts drifted to the concerned Princess as she silently endured the feast.

 

[SRP_lover19]

As the feast went on Ashanti could only sit and dred what was about to go on. She knew that before the feast started that some of the men had got a little handsy before but not that there was Ale flowing they were almost guaranteed to become worse.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

The alcohol flowed and the more they flowed the more the men loosened their tongues. I could see the Princess through my visor. She still had that downtrodden look about her. There was nothing I could do about that, unless the men decided they wanted to get hansy with her.

For right now, they were getting touchy with the busty servants that the King had desired for this occasion, to keep them away from his daughter.

 

[SRP_lover19]

Ashanti sat there watching as the would be suitor got handsy with the serving staff and it made her that much more hate this partu. She snuck food to her pet under the table enjoying the fact that her wolf would not and nibble on her feet when she wanted more to eat.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

The King from his table, cup in hand. As a reaction, the others at the table did so as well. "I would like to close this night with a final toast. I thank you all for your journey and welcome you to stay here. Long live this kingdom!"

"Hail!" they cheered before drinking.

Cleaning the table was for the servants. The Knights and guards were dismissed for the night. I removed my helm and breathed the fresh air out of the dank of the interior. My stomach growled. Nothing was left for us. That was for the servants, their 'reward' for enduring all of this. They were not pleased, the women didn't like their bodies being touched by the Hounds.

I wanted to speak to the Princess, but I witnessed her father leading her and her wolf away from the dining hall to his chamber, perhaps to give her a talking to for being absent.

 

[SRP_lover19]

Ashanti was glad that the feast was finally over and the others would be going home. She knew by the look on jer fathers face that she was in trouble. She was soon led to her father's chamber where he scolded her though she didn't listen. She didn't like having men all over her like that objectifying her like some trophy.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

He was trying to get through to her, appealing to her sense of loyalty towards the family and tradition. "I'm not going to be around forever," he said. "Who is going to run this kingdom when I'm gone?" He didn't want for it to sound cruel, that he lacked faith in her. Quite the contrary. He knew his daughter was fully capable, but the other kingdoms wouldn't take her any serious if it was just her, a mere woman, running it. What kept the other kingdoms in alliance was the prospect of marrying her.

"Why not Sir Archibald?" asked the King as he sat down beside her. "He is a powerful and capable leader. He will make a fine sire."

 

[SRP_lover19]

Ashanti couldn't stand that her father was willing to just marry her off to anyone. She knew that she had to marry someone or the other kings wouldn't take her seriously but just randomly marrying would be doing just the same. "Who is Sir Archibald?" She asked her father.