![]() ![]() As soon as the triplets are born, they become the new queens, and the old queen’s duty to the island is considered finished. When the Queen Crowned nears the end of her pregnancy, she travels to the Black Cottage with her king-consort to deliver the triplets. ![]() ![]() The triplet queens are always conceived during the annual Beltane Festival, meaning that they are always born the following December. ![]() This practice began five hundred years ago following the disastrous reign of Queen Elsabet, who supposedly went mad and slaughtered three entire houses that she claimed were going to commit treason. Queens born with the sight gift are drowned at birth to prevent an Oracle Queen from ever winning the crown. Which gift each triplet has does not seem to be connected to the gift of the previous queen, and it is not unheard of for two queens in the same cycle to share the same gift. In each generation, the Queen Crowned is gifted by the Goddess with three female triplets who each have one of the island's five gifts. However, in reality, the Black Council rules the island the majority of the time and has become the true political power on the island. The Island of Fennbirn is ostensibly an absolutist monarchy wherein the Queen Crowned holds sole governing authority. ![]()
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