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OOC Information
NAME; Malathyne
AGE; 22
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED; n/a
IC Information
CHARACTER NAME; her official title is the Hero of Brightwall, and she has also been referred to as the Princess or the Queen. I've given her the name of Emma
AGE; It's never said canonically what the age of the Hero is. She is young enough to be considered (and called to her face) a child by her older brother, and young enough to possibly not have many memories of the old Hero King/Queen, based on the fact that she was told many stories by her mentor and father figure, Walter Beck. However, she's still old enough to be chosen to lead a revolution and take over the throne in her brother's stead. For the sake of ease, Emma left the castle at 21 and had her 22nd birthday while organizing the revolution.
CANON; Fable 3
CANON POINT;
FAMILY TYPES; Virus Busters, Wind Guardians, Dragon's Roar
APPEARANCE;
[image]
Tattoos: face, back, chest
PERSONALITY;
When we're first introduced to the Princess, she is sleeping in late on her luxurious bed with her dog. In her brief lines in the beginning scenes of the game where she complains at her butler for waking her and engages in light-hearted flirty banter with her boyfriend, we are shown that she is an easy-going and free-spirited young woman. There is a definite impression that Emma was used to doing what she wanted, when she wanted to do it. Given the attention showered upon her as she passed by the nobles, guards, and castle workers, it's easy to come to the conclusion that she was also used to having her way -- and used to people automatically liking her, just because she is the princess. This is partly why she is so attached to Elliot, as he has always treated her as just another person, not as the princess to be revered.
She is shown to be initially nervous and uncertain when it comes to taking action against Logan: her casual and happy attitude was replaced by caution and trepidation once Elliot began to bring up Logan; Elliot told her Walter will be attending the speech she gave the kitchen staff in a tone that was meant to be comforting, hinting that he was aware she was nervous; and even Walter said to her, "maybe your brother will finally realize you have a mind of her own," further suggesting that she had yet to stand up against Logan for the things he'd done. When the demonstration began, her normally lively expression was frozen and blank as if in shock, even as Elliot encouraged her to take action.
However, once finally pushed into taking charge, Emma proved that she is good at putting on a brave face. When giving her speech to the kitchen staff, though she hesitates to search for words, her tone is confident, despite the nervousness hinted at earlier. When she barged in on Logan in the war room, she spoke firmly and with conviction. Later in her timeline, after becoming queen, she maintained a steady voice when declaring her decisions in the throne room, no matter how controversial the issue is. She further demonstrates this ability during the Kidnapped quest where she reunited with Elliot. By that point, she'd become used to smiling to bear it; she tells him, "should almost be back to Linda," in a cheerful, if wavering, voice. The fact that she tried for that tone in such an awkward and emotional time reveals that this is a tried and true habit of hers; when all else fails, smile and be cheerful and push on until she gets through to the other side.
This does very well for her when talking to people, for it is shown through other characters that she is good at talking to people and earning their trust. After she made her speech to the kitchen staff, Walter told her that she has a knack for reaching out to people, and that they all looked up to her as a leader during the speech. Considering that Walter also intended to put her on the throne in Logan's place, he obviously had faith in her abilities to lead from the beginning, suggesting that the traits in her that make her a good leader had been showing themselves for years before the revolution.
Furthermore, once left to her own devices in making friends with people, Emma is shown to be charismatic, confident, and, in turns, take-charge and silly. One of the ways she likes to play with the people she likes is to tickle them, for example, and when she flirtingly dances with someone, she takes the lead no matter the gender of the other person. When she takes on the job of playing the lute, she is all smiles and sass, winking at passersby and all but flaunting. All of these things hint that a tomboyish (and possibly even competitive) personality lies beneath all the propriety and the instinct to duck her head and stay out of things, a trait she likely gained from growing up in the castle with Logan the tyrant.
After all, she's only human. Despite her efforts to keep up the appearance of being a proper member of the royal family, she is emotional underneath it all. Even Jasper comments on how she doesn't speak much ("whatever you say! ... or don't"), but in rare moments, usually with the people she's closest to, she reveals that there is a lot of emotion simmering. She is openly angry with Logan for the choice he forced upon her in the throne room ("I will never forgive you for this!"), and when she reunites with Elliot, she reveals, for the first time, just how much she has been affected by everything she's been through.
This is because she internalizes her feelings. Although she was once a boisterous child -- high-energy, stubborn, and an irrepressable dreamer -- she grew into the more quiet, unsure young woman seen at the start of the game as she began to lose the people close to her. Her father when she was very young, her mother when she was not much older... and then Logan, who had a heavy hand in her raising, began to grow distant. As a result, she began to move closer to those who were still there with her: Jasper, Elliot, Walter. Despite her giving and altruistic nature, she has a difficult time prioritizing other people over her family and closest friends... which is why she wasn't willing to lose Elliot, both to the gallows and to his fiancée. Because she was so young and helpless when she lost her parents and couldn't stop Logan from distancing himself, she has a fear that she won't be able to protect the ones she loves. This fear is suggested by the Crawler as he taunted her ("are you thinking of your loved ones now? how you will never see them again?"; "we are coming, for all those you wish to protect"; "you rule over a graveyard. is that what you wanted?").
This fear is the true drive for her desire to be a Hero. Ever since she was a child, Emma has desired to follow in her mother's footsteps. This desire is suggested by the way that NPCs frequently referring to the queen in Emma's presence. Although Emma was not old enough to know her mother on a personal level when she died, she holds a great love and respect for her mother. This is further proved when it was revealed that Emma has dreamed of being a Hero since childhood, encouraged by Walter telling her stories of her mother's adventures. While it's true that Emma wanted to be a Hero for everything that being a Hero entails -- the glory, the legends, the virtue, the acknowledgement of good deeds -- the true foundation of this comes from her desire to protect those she holds dear and cannot imagine living without. This is why, after she was faced with the reality of being a Hero and realized that there was so much more to it than the glory, she fought on. The weight that she carries from being a Hero is suggested on two separate accounts: one, when the Crawler uses it against her ("you tire of your travels, your burdens, the cries of the helpless, the cries of your dead"), and another, when she tells Elliot that being a Hero isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
Emma is incredibly loyal to the people closest to her. When the guards were leading her and Elliot to the throne room at the beginning of the game and one of them shoved Elliot to the ground, she immediately snapped at the guard: "Leave him alone!" Shortly afterwards, she vowed to him, "Whatever happens, we'll make it through this together." When she followed Walter away from the castle, her first thought was to ask about Elliot ("we can't leave him here"). And, in following Walter, she proved her trust in him. She clearly had no idea of how to go about winning allies or proving herself to the people of Albion, and she trusted him enough to let him make the plans and decide her path. She never complained or fought against any of his decisions, following willingly. In doing so, she proved she trusts him so much as to basically allow him to decide her future for her. Her loyalty to him is cemented when she refused to leave him behind in Aurora, and only did so when she had no other choice. It is revealed that she suffers great guilt from this by the Crawler, who taunts her for doing it ("he would have done anything for you, and now, he screams alone!" and "you let him die. you let us take him").
Her guilt extends to more than just having to leave Walter behind, however. Once again, this is revealed by the Crawler, who preyed on how she already regretted the decisions she'd made ("you've done terrible things. did you think I wouldn't know? did you think I would allow it?"). It is also suggested that she feels wholly responsible for the events in the throne room at the beginning of the game in her voice when she talks to Elliot when they reunite, as she tells him, "I made the choice that day," in a tone that is heavy with responsibility and regret. Even though she also says to him that the only one to blame for it is Logan, it's clear in her tone that she can't bring herself to entirely believe it. The fact that Jasper attempts to comfort her by saying "You mustn't blame yourself" even suggests that those who know her well are aware that she has a tendency to take the responsibility for things upon her own shoulders. Again, part of this likely draws from the fact that she wants to protect those around her, both because she honestly cares and because it is her duty as a member of the royal family and as a Hero, and partly from her helplessness to keep her loved ones close as a child. She will, more than willingly, take the weight of any kind of failure upon her own shoulders. As a Hero, it is within her power to do what others can't, and so she sees it as her duty to fix anything that is broken around her.
When Emma regains consciousness in Tu Shanshu, once the immediate shock of "where am I this wasn't where I was two seconds ago" wears off, she will search for her dog, even if all she can do is ask the kedan if there was a dog in the water. After this panic wears off, and she receives her explanation, she will be disbelieving, at first, insisting that they send her back. There is, after all, too much for her to do, and she was in the middle of something. She needs to decide Logan's sentence, because if she doesn't, who will? Will they execute him because the majority of the people in that room thought he should be? And what about the Crawler? If the Darkness truly is coming for Albion, then she has to be there so she can fight it, so she can save Albion, and she can't do that if she's here. Once it is made absolutely clear to her that they can't send her back, then she'll be at a loss for a long moment, in another stage of shock. Some part of her will be frustrated with the lack of control over the situation she has, especially since she's queen now and this was supposed to be the time where she gets things done. In the end, her resolve to find a way home as quickly as possible will take over, though she will inevitably be swayed by the troubles of the other people stuck there and the kedan themselves. She will reach the conclusion that, perhaps, she was brought to this in-between place because it needs a Hero.
HISTORY;
the Hero of Brightwall at the Fable Wikia
Fable 3 at Wiki
Fable 3 at the Fable Wikia
Albion at the Fable Wikia
Fable 3 Quests at the Fable Wikia
* Note: This Hero has made solely Good-aligned decisions. It should be noted, though, that she did not have Elliot killed in the beginning of the game, but the protestors. (Regardless of what you choose in that scene, you don't take any kind of morality penalty.)
SAMPLES
FIRST PERSON;
Here you can either link a thread or post from anywhere or write a ten sentence sample. If you choose the ten sentence route it can be about anything, so long as it takes place within the game setting. A question and answer is available upon request. In this sample you'll want to focus on dialogue.
If you would like a Question and Answer sample you can use three of the following six questions. Please give at least 3-4 sentences for each question.
1.) If you could make any reality at all, what would you make?
2.) What would you say is your greatest strength?
3.) If you were given the option to stay in the Digital World or return to your home, which would you choose? Why?
4.) What ability would you most like to have?
5.) You have one choice. That choice will result in either the end of the world or it will save it. Which way would you go?
6.) What would make up your ideal friend?
THIRD PERSON;
The night after her coronation, the night before Logan's trial, Emma sits on the edge of the royal bed, alone for the first time all day. As fun as the celebration was, she now relishes in the quiet. It strikes her that it's so much easier to breathe now than it was at the coronation ball. Maybe it's because she spent much of her time casting her eyes around the crowd, searching, searching... For who? For someone who wasn't going to be there, because he was in the dungeon.
It makes her stomach twist to think of it. Logan... She wishes, despite everything... despite everything... that he could have been there. For any of it. For all of it. She has been searching for his face all day, she wishes it so much. But it isn't as though she doesn't know how he got there, or why. No, that lies very clear in her mind...
She finds herself thinking back to that day in the throne room. That day. The one that changed everything. She doesn't think she would call it a turning point. No... no. It was more of a starting point. That day... The day of the night she left the castle with Walter and Jasper...
Perhaps you think you should be the one making these decisions? You wish to defend those traitors?
That day has never left her. It's why she didn't, doesn't, hold it against Elliot, all those things he said when they found each other again. Couldn't. She understands. Even as much as it hurt, she understands. But she has never tried to forget it, or him, or the faces of those people she killed (even if she didn't pull the trigger, she killed them). She remembered, she remembers, because it's too important for her to forget.
But there was something worse. Deep inside... I felt happy. I felt happy, even as they were dragged away, that... I was still alive... I'm so sorry.
No, Elliot. No, I'm the one who's sorry. She had bitten the words back, re-picked those to be spoken, and more wisely, then, even if the first ones were more true. I'm the one who should be sorry. And I am. She didn't say them, because he didn't need the burden of her feelings, not when he could barely stomach his. She couldn't unload on him like... like he was on her. But she deserved that burden. She deserved it, because the thoughts she had while making that decision were a much greater sin than his could ever be.
Logan called them traitors and a violent mob. The thought hadn't occurred to her until he did, the thought that the people may try to hurt them. If they were after Logan, would they have also gone after her? Walter? Jasper? Elliot? If they were after only Logan, what would she have done? Would she have fought them to protect her brother? Or would she have let him suffer justice?
"We didn't want anyone to get hurt," those poor people sobbed. How could she think those things about them? How could she possibly even begin to consider -- ?
Don't worry. Whatever happens, we'll get through this together. She had promised Elliot. She had promised. She had promised. But it was her duty to look after the people.
Just as it was Logan's duty.
You have done terrible things. Did you think I wouldn't know? Did you think I would allow it?
Emma jerks herself out of her memories and reminds herself to breathe. No... no. Even if it is important for her to remember that day, there is also the day ahead to think about. The decision she has to make. Her first ruling as queen.
Her hands close into fists.
NAME; Malathyne
AGE; 22
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED; n/a
IC Information
CHARACTER NAME; her official title is the Hero of Brightwall, and she has also been referred to as the Princess or the Queen. I've given her the name of Emma
AGE; It's never said canonically what the age of the Hero is. She is young enough to be considered (and called to her face) a child by her older brother, and young enough to possibly not have many memories of the old Hero King/Queen, based on the fact that she was told many stories by her mentor and father figure, Walter Beck. However, she's still old enough to be chosen to lead a revolution and take over the throne in her brother's stead. For the sake of ease, Emma left the castle at 21 and had her 22nd birthday while organizing the revolution.
CANON; Fable 3
CANON POINT;
FAMILY TYPES; Virus Busters, Wind Guardians, Dragon's Roar
APPEARANCE;
[image]
![[image]](http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101117190751/fable/images/a/a1/Female_Hero_of_Brightwall.JPG){kind=link}
Tattoos: face, back, chest
PERSONALITY;
When we're first introduced to the Princess, she is sleeping in late on her luxurious bed with her dog. In her brief lines in the beginning scenes of the game where she complains at her butler for waking her and engages in light-hearted flirty banter with her boyfriend, we are shown that she is an easy-going and free-spirited young woman. There is a definite impression that Emma was used to doing what she wanted, when she wanted to do it. Given the attention showered upon her as she passed by the nobles, guards, and castle workers, it's easy to come to the conclusion that she was also used to having her way -- and used to people automatically liking her, just because she is the princess. This is partly why she is so attached to Elliot, as he has always treated her as just another person, not as the princess to be revered.
She is shown to be initially nervous and uncertain when it comes to taking action against Logan: her casual and happy attitude was replaced by caution and trepidation once Elliot began to bring up Logan; Elliot told her Walter will be attending the speech she gave the kitchen staff in a tone that was meant to be comforting, hinting that he was aware she was nervous; and even Walter said to her, "maybe your brother will finally realize you have a mind of her own," further suggesting that she had yet to stand up against Logan for the things he'd done. When the demonstration began, her normally lively expression was frozen and blank as if in shock, even as Elliot encouraged her to take action.
However, once finally pushed into taking charge, Emma proved that she is good at putting on a brave face. When giving her speech to the kitchen staff, though she hesitates to search for words, her tone is confident, despite the nervousness hinted at earlier. When she barged in on Logan in the war room, she spoke firmly and with conviction. Later in her timeline, after becoming queen, she maintained a steady voice when declaring her decisions in the throne room, no matter how controversial the issue is. She further demonstrates this ability during the Kidnapped quest where she reunited with Elliot. By that point, she'd become used to smiling to bear it; she tells him, "should almost be back to Linda," in a cheerful, if wavering, voice. The fact that she tried for that tone in such an awkward and emotional time reveals that this is a tried and true habit of hers; when all else fails, smile and be cheerful and push on until she gets through to the other side.
This does very well for her when talking to people, for it is shown through other characters that she is good at talking to people and earning their trust. After she made her speech to the kitchen staff, Walter told her that she has a knack for reaching out to people, and that they all looked up to her as a leader during the speech. Considering that Walter also intended to put her on the throne in Logan's place, he obviously had faith in her abilities to lead from the beginning, suggesting that the traits in her that make her a good leader had been showing themselves for years before the revolution.
Furthermore, once left to her own devices in making friends with people, Emma is shown to be charismatic, confident, and, in turns, take-charge and silly. One of the ways she likes to play with the people she likes is to tickle them, for example, and when she flirtingly dances with someone, she takes the lead no matter the gender of the other person. When she takes on the job of playing the lute, she is all smiles and sass, winking at passersby and all but flaunting. All of these things hint that a tomboyish (and possibly even competitive) personality lies beneath all the propriety and the instinct to duck her head and stay out of things, a trait she likely gained from growing up in the castle with Logan the tyrant.
After all, she's only human. Despite her efforts to keep up the appearance of being a proper member of the royal family, she is emotional underneath it all. Even Jasper comments on how she doesn't speak much ("whatever you say! ... or don't"), but in rare moments, usually with the people she's closest to, she reveals that there is a lot of emotion simmering. She is openly angry with Logan for the choice he forced upon her in the throne room ("I will never forgive you for this!"), and when she reunites with Elliot, she reveals, for the first time, just how much she has been affected by everything she's been through.
This is because she internalizes her feelings. Although she was once a boisterous child -- high-energy, stubborn, and an irrepressable dreamer -- she grew into the more quiet, unsure young woman seen at the start of the game as she began to lose the people close to her. Her father when she was very young, her mother when she was not much older... and then Logan, who had a heavy hand in her raising, began to grow distant. As a result, she began to move closer to those who were still there with her: Jasper, Elliot, Walter. Despite her giving and altruistic nature, she has a difficult time prioritizing other people over her family and closest friends... which is why she wasn't willing to lose Elliot, both to the gallows and to his fiancée. Because she was so young and helpless when she lost her parents and couldn't stop Logan from distancing himself, she has a fear that she won't be able to protect the ones she loves. This fear is suggested by the Crawler as he taunted her ("are you thinking of your loved ones now? how you will never see them again?"; "we are coming, for all those you wish to protect"; "you rule over a graveyard. is that what you wanted?").
This fear is the true drive for her desire to be a Hero. Ever since she was a child, Emma has desired to follow in her mother's footsteps. This desire is suggested by the way that NPCs frequently referring to the queen in Emma's presence. Although Emma was not old enough to know her mother on a personal level when she died, she holds a great love and respect for her mother. This is further proved when it was revealed that Emma has dreamed of being a Hero since childhood, encouraged by Walter telling her stories of her mother's adventures. While it's true that Emma wanted to be a Hero for everything that being a Hero entails -- the glory, the legends, the virtue, the acknowledgement of good deeds -- the true foundation of this comes from her desire to protect those she holds dear and cannot imagine living without. This is why, after she was faced with the reality of being a Hero and realized that there was so much more to it than the glory, she fought on. The weight that she carries from being a Hero is suggested on two separate accounts: one, when the Crawler uses it against her ("you tire of your travels, your burdens, the cries of the helpless, the cries of your dead"), and another, when she tells Elliot that being a Hero isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
Emma is incredibly loyal to the people closest to her. When the guards were leading her and Elliot to the throne room at the beginning of the game and one of them shoved Elliot to the ground, she immediately snapped at the guard: "Leave him alone!" Shortly afterwards, she vowed to him, "Whatever happens, we'll make it through this together." When she followed Walter away from the castle, her first thought was to ask about Elliot ("we can't leave him here"). And, in following Walter, she proved her trust in him. She clearly had no idea of how to go about winning allies or proving herself to the people of Albion, and she trusted him enough to let him make the plans and decide her path. She never complained or fought against any of his decisions, following willingly. In doing so, she proved she trusts him so much as to basically allow him to decide her future for her. Her loyalty to him is cemented when she refused to leave him behind in Aurora, and only did so when she had no other choice. It is revealed that she suffers great guilt from this by the Crawler, who taunts her for doing it ("he would have done anything for you, and now, he screams alone!" and "you let him die. you let us take him").
Her guilt extends to more than just having to leave Walter behind, however. Once again, this is revealed by the Crawler, who preyed on how she already regretted the decisions she'd made ("you've done terrible things. did you think I wouldn't know? did you think I would allow it?"). It is also suggested that she feels wholly responsible for the events in the throne room at the beginning of the game in her voice when she talks to Elliot when they reunite, as she tells him, "I made the choice that day," in a tone that is heavy with responsibility and regret. Even though she also says to him that the only one to blame for it is Logan, it's clear in her tone that she can't bring herself to entirely believe it. The fact that Jasper attempts to comfort her by saying "You mustn't blame yourself" even suggests that those who know her well are aware that she has a tendency to take the responsibility for things upon her own shoulders. Again, part of this likely draws from the fact that she wants to protect those around her, both because she honestly cares and because it is her duty as a member of the royal family and as a Hero, and partly from her helplessness to keep her loved ones close as a child. She will, more than willingly, take the weight of any kind of failure upon her own shoulders. As a Hero, it is within her power to do what others can't, and so she sees it as her duty to fix anything that is broken around her.
When Emma regains consciousness in Tu Shanshu, once the immediate shock of "where am I this wasn't where I was two seconds ago" wears off, she will search for her dog, even if all she can do is ask the kedan if there was a dog in the water. After this panic wears off, and she receives her explanation, she will be disbelieving, at first, insisting that they send her back. There is, after all, too much for her to do, and she was in the middle of something. She needs to decide Logan's sentence, because if she doesn't, who will? Will they execute him because the majority of the people in that room thought he should be? And what about the Crawler? If the Darkness truly is coming for Albion, then she has to be there so she can fight it, so she can save Albion, and she can't do that if she's here. Once it is made absolutely clear to her that they can't send her back, then she'll be at a loss for a long moment, in another stage of shock. Some part of her will be frustrated with the lack of control over the situation she has, especially since she's queen now and this was supposed to be the time where she gets things done. In the end, her resolve to find a way home as quickly as possible will take over, though she will inevitably be swayed by the troubles of the other people stuck there and the kedan themselves. She will reach the conclusion that, perhaps, she was brought to this in-between place because it needs a Hero.
HISTORY;
the Hero of Brightwall at the Fable Wikia
Fable 3 at Wiki
Fable 3 at the Fable Wikia
Albion at the Fable Wikia
Fable 3 Quests at the Fable Wikia
* Note: This Hero has made solely Good-aligned decisions. It should be noted, though, that she did not have Elliot killed in the beginning of the game, but the protestors. (Regardless of what you choose in that scene, you don't take any kind of morality penalty.)
SAMPLES
FIRST PERSON;
Here you can either link a thread or post from anywhere or write a ten sentence sample. If you choose the ten sentence route it can be about anything, so long as it takes place within the game setting. A question and answer is available upon request. In this sample you'll want to focus on dialogue.
If you would like a Question and Answer sample you can use three of the following six questions. Please give at least 3-4 sentences for each question.
1.) If you could make any reality at all, what would you make?
2.) What would you say is your greatest strength?
3.) If you were given the option to stay in the Digital World or return to your home, which would you choose? Why?
4.) What ability would you most like to have?
5.) You have one choice. That choice will result in either the end of the world or it will save it. Which way would you go?
6.) What would make up your ideal friend?
THIRD PERSON;
The night after her coronation, the night before Logan's trial, Emma sits on the edge of the royal bed, alone for the first time all day. As fun as the celebration was, she now relishes in the quiet. It strikes her that it's so much easier to breathe now than it was at the coronation ball. Maybe it's because she spent much of her time casting her eyes around the crowd, searching, searching... For who? For someone who wasn't going to be there, because he was in the dungeon.
It makes her stomach twist to think of it. Logan... She wishes, despite everything... despite everything... that he could have been there. For any of it. For all of it. She has been searching for his face all day, she wishes it so much. But it isn't as though she doesn't know how he got there, or why. No, that lies very clear in her mind...
She finds herself thinking back to that day in the throne room. That day. The one that changed everything. She doesn't think she would call it a turning point. No... no. It was more of a starting point. That day... The day of the night she left the castle with Walter and Jasper...
Perhaps you think you should be the one making these decisions? You wish to defend those traitors?
That day has never left her. It's why she didn't, doesn't, hold it against Elliot, all those things he said when they found each other again. Couldn't. She understands. Even as much as it hurt, she understands. But she has never tried to forget it, or him, or the faces of those people she killed (even if she didn't pull the trigger, she killed them). She remembered, she remembers, because it's too important for her to forget.
But there was something worse. Deep inside... I felt happy. I felt happy, even as they were dragged away, that... I was still alive... I'm so sorry.
No, Elliot. No, I'm the one who's sorry. She had bitten the words back, re-picked those to be spoken, and more wisely, then, even if the first ones were more true. I'm the one who should be sorry. And I am. She didn't say them, because he didn't need the burden of her feelings, not when he could barely stomach his. She couldn't unload on him like... like he was on her. But she deserved that burden. She deserved it, because the thoughts she had while making that decision were a much greater sin than his could ever be.
Logan called them traitors and a violent mob. The thought hadn't occurred to her until he did, the thought that the people may try to hurt them. If they were after Logan, would they have also gone after her? Walter? Jasper? Elliot? If they were after only Logan, what would she have done? Would she have fought them to protect her brother? Or would she have let him suffer justice?
"We didn't want anyone to get hurt," those poor people sobbed. How could she think those things about them? How could she possibly even begin to consider -- ?
Don't worry. Whatever happens, we'll get through this together. She had promised Elliot. She had promised. She had promised. But it was her duty to look after the people.
Just as it was Logan's duty.
Emma jerks herself out of her memories and reminds herself to breathe. No... no. Even if it is important for her to remember that day, there is also the day ahead to think about. The decision she has to make. Her first ruling as queen.
Her hands close into fists.