The Doll Knight in 250ish words
Pedro, a 13 year old boy good at carving, was picked up as an apprentice by the famous master puppeteer known throughout Wetluna, Capri Oratoria. The old puppeteer has a black-garbed clockwork puppet called ‘the Black Priest’ that uses martial arts. Three years later, Pedro creates his own swordsman puppet, the Blue Knight. The king grows ill and dies, and the princess Tia is to succeed. Before the coronation Pedro runs into her, saves her with the Blue Knight and she asks the Blue Knight to be her knight until the coronation. Pedro pretends he’s just a servant. The duke Gaston, hires a masked puppeteer called Harlequin to capture the princess so he can be king instead. Harlequin fights with a red crimson demon doll called Calamity. Pedro loses and Tia offers herself to the enemy. She knew the truth about Pedro and his puppet. Pedro goes to ask Capri to help repair his knight. Pedro goes to save the princess and after a heated battle Pedro wins. Harlequin retreats and sees Capri before he left (they have history together) he saw Capri used the arms of his Black Priest to fix the Blue Knight. Harlequin says if the 13 factories knew about Pedro they wouldn’t leave him be. He laughs then leaves with a cya soon. Capri makes a dark face saying it’s a road every puppeteer must face. Pedro has a happy afternoon tea ending with Tia who was crowned queen. The End.