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Kingdom of the Cursed
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Epigraph-Chapter 5Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide contains depictions of graphic violence, self-harm, illness and death, physical and emotional abuse, gender discrimination, and sexual content.
Epigraph Summary
A stanza from Dante’s 14th-century poem Inferno is quoted. The words are spoken by Charon, hell’s ferryman in Greek myth, as he prepares to take the souls of the dead to hell, announcing that they will dwell in “internal darkness.”
Prelude Summary
An entry from a secret di Carlo family grimoire recounts the birth of twin witches during a violent, ominous storm. A prophecy foretold that one twin would die, while the other would sell her soul. Coven elders agreed the birth marked the beginning of dark days for their people. The entry concludes with a new prophecy, as one twin seeks the devil’s throne and the other lies heartless and surrounded by death.
Prologue Summary: “Sometime Before”
In the past, a king with white, flaming wings finds a vengeful witch sitting on his throne. She attempts to seduce him. After he rejects her and threatens her with a dagger, she taunts him before slitting her own throat on his blade. The wound heals instantly, and she uses the blood to make his wings vanish.
She curses the king and his land, vowing he will forget all feelings except hate and that she will take anything he ever loves. Because he needs her alive to regain his wings, the king suppresses his rage and proposes a bargain.
