Bonjour!

Thanks to Genevieve and Kesinee for your comments on the earlier post. The dilemma hasn't abated in the least, but there's not much I can do about it right now, except let it run around my head like a hamster in a wheel. I'm banking a lot on the next semester to see if I can. I'm just going to go full tilt in R&J and school, and make a decision when I get to the other side.

Anywho,

here are some notes on the "Great Kingdom".

King Frey hasn't spoken directly to his people for nearly twenty years. His advisors have urged him to appear before them every once and a while, just to prove that their King is still alive. His officials have made announcements and royal addresses in the King's name, but the truth is he hasn't spoken a sane word in all that time. They are afraid of unseating Frey because he has strong allies, and they cannot kill him because of a spell that's been cast on him. So they use him as a symbol while they go about running the country. Some of the court officials are loyal to the King, and for the most part they have been keeping a cap on things until Frey's son is old enough to run the show. But there are those who have other interests, and try to bully and intimidate the loyalists. There have been several attempts to kidnap the King and put him in exile, claiming that he is dead. But these plots have all been stopped. However, in the years of the King's hiatus, the court has become stricken with paranoia and protectionist. The military arm has been allotted more power in the King's Court, and the state has become increasingly warlike over the years. Ever since the King's affliction, the country's been at war with an invisible enemy (or imaginary, some suspect), a rebellious Wizard who people blame for the King's spell.
How DID Frey get the spell? Tampering with magic, fighting the rebel Wizard head to head, which naturally led to the severe distrust of Wizards. Other races are looked upon with distrust, like Dwarves, Nymphs, Talking Beasts, Giants, Taurids (Centaurs, Minotaurs and Satyrs, the first two of which are generally enemies of Humans anyway. Satyrs are neutral.) How does this sound?

Oh, and some things I'd like your opinion on:

So far, I'm including Humans, Fays, Wizards, Dwarves, Nymphs, Beasts, Giants, Taurids, and Dragons. And then there's a plethora of cthonic, unsightly monsters What other mythical peoples/creatures could I include in here?
ALSO, in my last post I hummed and hawed over the final point: should the drama of the highest order in this story revolve around a feud between husband and wife, who discover Mortal creatures, and while the Husband favours controlling them, the Wife opts for guiding them while letting them remain free? Your thoughts on this?