[ WP ] The hero was killed , the princess was sacrificed , and the evil king rules the land . For the average citizen , though , things have taken a turn for the better .

Although things may seem glum around the castle, because, as you know, the hero is dead, and the princess... oh, the poor princess... the lives of the commonfolk go on as usual, with a few `` unintended'' benefits. 
 
 No longer are we harassed by the town friar. His rantings and ravings can be heard no more, as the evil king's men had behead him on the first dawn of his newly-crowned rule. Us, the commonfolk, now live in peace and tranquility, a soundscape they had never known before, except in the darkest of night. 
 
 The difference between the social castes have dwindled to one of three categories: the king, his trusted royal guard, and the king's peasants. There are no longer distinctions between classes, except that the peasants do all of the physical labor within the country. We all receive torture of some kind. 
 
 The king also enlisted every man, as well as woman, into the army, as a way to make up for the military might that was lost in the siege for the castle. Equality... it's funny, it took an evil king to provide me with such an outlook. 
 
 These blackest of days- 
 *sword unsheathes* -are n't all that bad, until the king comes to... *squelch*... 
 
 *Blood spills on the ground. *
