Francesca was the queen, but she never really enjoyed her duties, except for the odd fool who would come to ask for a reduction in tax, the knight would would accompany those fools would be met with a blade, as it removed either an arm or a leg, leaving the person bleeding out till a doctor was quickly brought in and fixed the issue, of course then there would be an arm or a leg to snack on, taken away to clean, shave, add spices too and cover in honey or some sort of exotic juice belonging to a fruit she could never remember, only to then eat the limb as the once owner of it would watch, before telling them that they would lose their life if they came and asked again, of course this happened a lot, by idiots who just refused to listen, or was it something else? one man had returned five times, each time he lost a limb, but he always came back, till he didn't, with no limbs to remove, he himself became her meal, she was sure he had wanted it, because his eyes seemed to full of life suddenly, but she swallowed him anyway.<br/><br/>Today however she was slightly more open to accept her duties, only because other nobles and such would be coming to her grand ball, every noble would be wearing masks, every meal would bare naked and covered in a slippery substance, ready to help them slide down the throats of herself and the others, hell even the meals could eat each other and that was what she was looking forward too, a nice plump, filled meal, every so often if the crop of people in prison was good, with an added few extras caught out during the curfew, not yet indoors, if caught were brought to into a special prison within the castle and fattened up, only the highest of nobles would feast on these meals, while half the prisoners would be taken to the small coliseum on the grounds, the window large enough for all to see through, as the prisoners fought in a series of free for all groups, men and women fighting to devour each other till winners of each group fought against each other in the finals devouring each other again till only one was left, thinking they were to be released, would be, but not into the world, from life as they would be prepared and then brought to her and be devoured by the queen. Of course betting was allowed, helping shift some funds from the other nobles to her treasury and vice versa.<br/><br/>Just thinking of this made her bear her duties, stamping her insignia to the many papers that gave nobles from out of the kingdom passage in, as well as traders, farmers and many other folk who also had their own festivities, though many would be caught and made into meals later on, Francesca also did look at her knights, mostly because some she knew talked of her behind her back, but she had several special knights within the lot, who would tell her of any issues the knights had with her, then have them brought to her and demand to know what was wrong with her orders, should they act defiant, she would let her knights eat them up, if they were sorry, saying it was pressure that made them say it, if they gave up the main party behind the rumors or problems, then they were demoted to a foot soldier, but free, unless they were foot soldiers, then into a belly they went.<br/><br/>But one specific knight caught her eye, trying to remember his name, recited a few named in her head, James? Jacob? Julius? Jules!! that was it, she didn't see him as a potential meal, but when she was free, would stare in his direction.