Post 108: Story Cubes: Rolls 3 & 4

So, just a refresher as to what this series is all about: I have a small bag of dice (9 dice total) that all have random pictures on each side. I am going to roll them twice and try to come up with a story synopsis that encompasses, most if not all of them. 

I have already rolled it twice in a previous post, so this will be rolls 3 and 4. 

Here we go:

Roll 3:

A key, a cane, a fish, a moon, a sleeping face, a lock, a smiling face, a tree, and a turtle. 

The combination of the turtle and fish could be interpreted as an underwater setting. The moon and sleeping face combined with the turtle and fish make me think of a girl who when she goes to sleep dreams of being underwater. Or, perhaps, is enchanted so that at night she changes into a mermaid, or into a human from a mermaid. The lock and key with the smiling face can be combined together to show that she is on a quest, she finishes the quest and gets a happy ending. The tree, which looks similar to a Christmas tree, could reflect the time of year as December. The cane could be an older relative, perhaps a grandparent, that advises her.

If we put that all together:

Human by day and mermaid by night, Asherah is different from the rest of her family. She dreams of a world where creatures of the land and sea live in harmony. After sneaking out on land one day, she meets her grandmother who made her home in a grotto. Her grandmother tells her that she decided to stay on land after falling in love with a land walker. She explains to Asherah that she had a child with the human, and that is why Asherah is unique. Asherah makes it her mission to find her grandfather and, hopefully, find out how the dispute between the two sides began. 

Roll 4:

A scale, a castle, a sheep, a wand, a shooting star, masks of Thalia and Melpomene (comedy and tragedy), an apple, an arrow, and an evil shadow. 

The castle and wand can be put together as the setting as a medieval time where magic exists. The sheep could be taken as the main character being Shepard. The arrow and apple could represent an archery contest. The shooting star could be a wish. The scales of good and evil mixed with the evil shadow behind a person could be an internal struggle inside the main character between good and evil. The masks could indicate the genre as Drama.

If we put that all together:

Dyson, a Shepard, who dreams of a better life spends his nights watching his family's flock and wishing on stars. One day, after hearing about an archery contest taking place at the palace, he wishes for better archery skills to win. The wish comes true and the prize is the Princess's hand in marriage. Shortly after the wedding, the king passes away and the kingdom shifts under Dyson's control. As he discovers how much power he has, it starts to go to his head. Will Dyson lose himself to the temptation of power? What will happen to the kingdom  under his control?