It was common belief that the greatest role of a queen was the creation of a successor to the royal bloodline, one the barren Felixia could not fulfill. Her body and soul tormented by anxiety, she felt there was no other choice but the reliance upon forbidden methods. She kept that knowledge hidden from the king until he caught her gazing into a crystal ball, addressing the ghastly forms within as "children." Unable to order her execution, he cast her into the dungeon instead. However, that compassion would prove tragic, for the bond between Felixia and the gestating abominations strengthened...