Two ideas:
I've got two ideas, but I can't get them any farther. This would be a medieval-era time and total fantasy. I think there would be elves, humans, naiads/dryads, and maybe something else.
a) The duchess of Hideki is found dead in the middle of the Midsummer feast. She was next in line to the Seelie throne. Holly Silver (the queen) and Claribel Hawkins (her guard) are walking back to the palace from the crime scene and they are attacked. Holly manages to cut the person with her dagger and he runs away. She yells and Emmett Marengo (the other guard) comes at a run. He and Holly find Clari and take her to Holly's room. Holly locks them all in and only allows Aloei the Healer in. They talk while Clari asleep and decide to pretend nothing has happened. They will try to find the killer over the rest of the Midsummer festival. (I was toying with the idea of a masquerade too.)
b) Part-time detective Claribel Hawkins is employed to solve a dryad’s murder. She gets caught up in an old feud between naiads and dryads. She bumps into all sorts of people along the way, including queen Holly Silver’s best guard Emmett Marengo, the priestess of Dipika Stareyes, and a almost nice naiad.
I just can't get the 'who did it why' part. I like the 'good beats bad' plot ideas too, but I just can't figure out what the bad guy would do.
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~Mistmantle~
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