I like the characters a lot. My only thought at the end of this was, though, does Rowena not take lessons in history? It seemed a little odd that she wouldn't know the name of the ruler that was only three (two?) rulers back, and that it was her great-aunt.
And then really minor niggly things - if it's an Empire, shouldn't they be Empresses? ;) And then in your second paragraph, you have "the sort of person" Eusebia is used twice. (Obv. with NaNo I'm not going to suggest deleting words, but I'd recommend it on a rewrite. :)
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I like the characters a lot. My only thought at the end of this was, though, does Rowena not take lessons in history? It seemed a little odd that she wouldn't know the name of the ruler that was only three (two?) rulers back, and that it was her great-aunt.
And then really minor niggly things - if it's an Empire, shouldn't they be Empresses? ;) And then in your second paragraph, you have "the sort of person" Eusebia is used twice. (Obv. with NaNo I'm not going to suggest deleting words, but I'd recommend it on a rewrite. :)