Young Writers Society

The Tragedy of Hanz

Over twenty years of war have riddled the kingdoms of Hanz and Bachlea. The Bachlovian people have magic, so although they are a smaller population than the Hanzionites, they were able to hold off the army with success. The Bachlovian population has wished peace between the lands for nearly five years, and finally, the King of Hanz has accepted to hear out an ambassador. Hopefully, this will create a temporary peace treaty which would allow a real peace treaty to be written up.
King of Hanz, and the King of Bachlea agree to have the ambassador as a guest at the Riverglade house just on the edge between Hanz and Bachlea. The property formally belongs to the King of Hanz, but it is currently run by Hanz's second son and his wife, who anxiously await the arrival.

To ensure that this is the proper direction to take the country, the King of Hanz has told his son to search out a fortune teller, and receive their praise. In the mean time, the King of Hanz is heading towards the castle himself to make the negotiations in person, but the prince has to entertain the ambassador should the ambassador arrive first, which is probable.


In the actual story, there is to be tension before the ambassador arrives. The prince is stalling for the king. When the ambassador arrives, the prince's wife kills him, and the husband, the prince, covers up her murder. When the King arrives for the peace negotiations that night, he finds the army at the door trying to break in, his son locked away inside, and hears that his son has killed the ambassador.


Prince of Hanz: Main roll, must cover up wife's failure due to character flaw.
Wife of Prince: Must be temperamental enough to kill the ambassador.
Ambassador: Must be insulting enough to get killed. -Also taken


King of Hanz: Good, strong ruler, willing to exile his son for killing ambassador.
Fortune Teller: I'm taking this one ^.-
Siblings of Prince: These are really up to you. He needs at least an older brother, but their appearance in the Storybook would be due to your inventiveness.

• The Prince's downfall must occur by his own fault.
• The Prince is aware that he is fated to bring about great shame to the kingdom.
• This will be a Short Storybook.
• Tragedies need to have remorse for the main character, the prince in this case.
• The Bachlian people are strong due to their magic.
• The Hanz people are strong due to numbers and literal strength.
• This must all happen in ONE DAY for the characters

To avoid this fate, he

• married a different woman than he was betrothed to, but still was a royal.
• carefully selected what he would do with the government.
• lives away from the political life to avoid possible shames to the family.

• Create characters that fit into a tragedy
• Read the entire first post
• Do not expect the prince to get out of this
• Keep in touch with your fellow writers

The Tragedy of Hanz