Autumn in the Forest

Autumn in the Forest

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Meet "Queen Sapphire"

Perhaps one of my quietest and most overlooked characters is Queen Sapphire. This beautiful, enormous snail rules Evershade with her husband, King Obsidian.

Like him, she wears jewels and beautiful objects glued (with pine sap) to her shell, but her objects are all blue--blue stones, blue eggshell, blue feathers, etc.

The queen is soft-spoken and kind. She is not one to complain, but life has chosen to give her a great burden to bear--the inability to produce little ones of her own. Her eggs have been plentiful, but the little snails never quite formed correctly inside their shells, and consequently none have hatched. When Sky is brought before Their Majesties, a light sparks inside her, and the hope of becoming a mother at last brightens her life. Her dearest wish comes true.

But the queen has a secret that few are aware of. And to find out this secret, you will have to read Book Two, "Season of Madness."

 



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