Plot+and+Conflict

 __The Cry of the Icemark__ by Stuart Hill The story begins with the protagonist, Princess Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lidenshield, hunting in the forest with a soldier escort. When the escort was at his weakest, a werewolf jumped out from the piles of vegetation and attacked her. After a long while of scuffling and scraping, the werewolf finally pinned her down and, just as he was readying his jaws for the kill to come, Thirrin asked the werewolf to make it fast, to kill her quick, so that her peple wouldn't think her a coward for running away from death. The werewolf leaped off of her body and dissapeared into the labyrinth of trees. The werewolf was found a few days later. Just as he readied himself to sentence the werewolf to death, King Redrought was interrupted by his daughter, Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lidenshield, Wildcat of the North and Heir of the Throne, who claimed the werewolf's life as her own to end, for, according to ancient law, the person who first drew blood from the victim owned its life. A compromise was set between the Wolf-folk and the Icemark, and, in return for the werewolf-King Grishmark's-life, an alliance was formed.

In honor of Yule celebrations, Princess Thirrin invited Oskan Witch's Son to the castle. The pair had met when Princess Thirrin was out hunting with a group of soldiers and attacked by a Greyling Bear, who had brutally injured one of her soldiers before Princess Thirrin killed it off. Oskan appeared very soon after this and invited them into his cave, where he lived. Oskan was later made Royal Advisor to Thirrin, who served as Regent while her father was off at war with the Polypontians. King Redrought Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lidenshield, Bear of the North and Protector of the Land, and his most trusted Advisor, Lady Theowin, were killed in action. Princess Thirrin now became Queen Thirrin, Wildcat of the North and Protector of the Land, at fourteen years old. This is one of the main internal conflicts in the book; Thirrin trying to prove others wrong, that she can live up to the standards of the Queen and live down her youth.

As Queen of the Icemark, Thirrin must make many alliances, for the Icemark is a small country with a small population, and they need help to fight in battle against their eternal enemies, the Polypontian Empire. Since the Icemark has no neighboring countries, Thirrin resorts to alliances with the creatures only heard in fairy tales; Their Vampiric Majesties and their people, The Were-Folk, The Oak and Holly Kings, and The Snow Leopards. She takes her alliances into battle with her as she and her country battle against the army commanded by the infamous Scorpio Bellorum, the Polypontians. This battle between the two countries is the main external conflict in __The Cry of the Icemark__. Will the small kingdom of Icemark defeat the Polypontian Empire, and avenge their King's death? media type="file" key="Icemark.wma" width="179" height="184" *This page written by Chloe! Also, the quote was said by Chloe!!!!( : 


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