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Once upon a time, the kingdom of Baixue was well respected. The royal family was loved and respected. The Kingdom was left in the capable hands of the Prince Song Lan after they had passed.
It was said, the prince was a good judge of character. Always keeping an emotional distance from important decisions that concerned his kingdom. The distant snow and Cold frost, he had often been compared. Yet it was always spoken with great fondness as well.
On the anniversary of the King and Queens passing, a ball was being held within the castle. All of the royal families closest confidants and dearest friends were in attendance. The music was said to be as beautiful as the decor, before a knock at the castle door quieted everything. It had been Song Lan who had answered the door, the cold winter breeze chasing away the warmth of the once lively party.
A traveler in a dirty cloak stood before the door, arms hidden from sight. His gaze beneath hidden by a dark blindfold, a single sharp canine peeking out beneath pale lips. He asked the respectable Prince to be let inside, to escape the cold winter air; he would be rewarded if he did so.
The prince in his cold judgement, turned the blindfolded traveler away; the closing the door.
Just as the party was coming to life once again the doors had been aggressively forced open with a blast of cold winter air. The cloaks hood had been dropped, the blindfold removed and the infamous Enchanter Xue Yang stood before the royal party.
The guests had begun to panic, for Xue Yang was known to show great cruelty to those that he disliked. The entire royal Chang family having been wiped from the face of the Earth in a single night.
"How can anyone love someone so cold? You all sing the praises of this royal family! Of this prince who turned away someone so helpless to the cold winter night! So be it! I'll just have to curse you all! That'll teach you a lesson!
So Xue Yang placed a curse upon the prince and all within the castle.
"Listen well little prince! With that icy heart of yours! Let's see if anyone will love you when you're a beast! I'll even leave you something beautiful behind. Once all the petals on this rose fall off, if you do not receive a gesture of true love. You'll die like the beast you are! That's what you deserve!"
And with those cruel parting words and an equally cruel laugh, he was gone.
Xue Yang's cruel magics did not stop there. As he cursed the Kingdom itself to forget it was ever the Baixue Kingdom.
The kingdom of Baixue becoming the city of Yi.