He is Adalte, crown prince of the kingdom and apart from the colour of their eyes, the two boys are identical in looks and stature. After her death, he is all alone – until one day another boy comes to visit him, late at night. We see Dora's beauty begin to fade and, unnoticed, she flees the castle.In the faraway kingdom of Sharibalte, a young boy called Adolte is raised by his nurse, kept imprisoned, far from the company and gaze of others. As Violet's father walks her to the throne the crowd looks skyward, where an entertainer is walking a tightrope of fire. There, Elias nods to her and the King of Strongcliff. Elias, Dora and the King of Strongcliff are among the guests for Violet's coronation as Queen. The King falls to his knees crying and the courtiers follow suit. Violet returns to the castle, where the King has grown ill and reveals she has the head of the ogre, the husband he "chose" for her. He is mollified by Violet, who then slits his throat. A family of acrobats helps her to escape, but the ogre gives chase and kills the entire family. The ogre takes Violet to his cave, where she is raped and kept prisoner. Violet goes through with the marriage but says her father never loved her. Violet is horrified but her father says he cannot go back on his word. However an ogre correctly identifies the hide by smell. His daughter Violet tells him she wants to be married, so he offers her as a bride to whoever can guess from what beast the skin was taken, believing no-one can do so. When it dies, the King decides to skin it. The Flea The King of Highhills becomes fascinated by a flea, which he hides in his room as a pet. Finally thrown out after violating the royal couple's privacy in their bedroom, Imma finds someone willing to flay her, leaving her bloody and disfigured. In annoyance, Dora says she got herself flayed. Imma refuses to leave, asking for the secret to her sister's youth and beauty. Dora invites Imma to the wedding and promises to take care of her, but says she cannot stay in the castle. The King comes upon her while hunting and decides to make her his Queen. Dora awakens as a young, beautiful maiden. A witch rescues her and nurses her from her breast. She survives, entangled in the branches of a tree. He is horrified when he sees her appearance the next morning and has his guards throw her out of the window. Dora agrees to spend the night with him as long as it is in complete darkness. He courts her outside her home, unaware that she is one of two elderly sisters, Imma and Dora. The Flayed Old Lady The lustful King of Strongcliff is intrigued by the sound of a woman's heavenly singing. In the cave, the monster's corpse dissolves into that of the Queen. They are threatened by a monster, which wounds Jonah but hesitates to attack Elias, who kills the monster and returns Jonah to his wife. The necromancer blames the Queen and says the youths are truly inseparable, and that her violent desire can be achieved only through violence. The Queen has her subjects search for Elias to no avail. Jonah leaves the kingdom, plunging a knife into a tree root and telling Elias that as long as the root spouts clear water, he is alive and well. This so vexes the Queen that she attempts to murder Jonah, though he manages to escape. The boys are identical and inseparable friends. The cook also gives birth to a boy, Jonah. The Queen eats the heart and the next day bears a son, Elias, with hair as white as the dragon. The King slays the sea dragon but dies from his wounds. A necromancer suggests that if the Queen eats a sea dragon's heart cooked by a virgin, she will become with child but this will cost a life. The Enchanted Doe In the kingdom of Longtrellis, the King and Queen cannot conceive a child. What will happen with the couple? - Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil When an Ogre correctly responds the question, Violet shall move to the mountains with him. When his flea dies, he shows its skin and promises the hand of Violet to the one that guess what the skin is. What can Dora do to avoid the King's harassment? In another Kingdom, the King raises a giant flea and his daughter Violet that is reaching the age of getting married. However, the woman is Dora, who lives alone with her sister Imma, and both are old and ugly women. Will it work? In another Kingdom, the libertine King overhears a voice of a woman singing in the village and he falls in love with the voice. One day, a strange man offers an alternative that would depend on bravery and sacrifice: the King should kill a sea monster and take his heart out a virgin should prepare the heart alone and the Queen should eat it. In a Kingdom, the Queen is sad in her marriage with the King since she cannot get pregnant.
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