Things such as crowns had a troublesome effect on clever people; it was better to leave all the reigning to the type of people whose eyebrows fulfilled in the centre.

Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. A king cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. A kid heir and the crown from the kingdom, both missing. The omens aren’t auspicious for the new incumbent, for whom ascending this tainted throne is certainly a more challenging affair than you might imagine, particularly if the blood on your hands simply won’t wash off and you’re facing another with kitchen knives in it…