The hero and his princess

What captured Melody was a witch, the daughter of a shapeshifting demon. Her name is Morgan, and she is at least 550 years old. She is the most powerful witch and can change her form at will. She kidnapped the girl because she knew it would drive the king mad and give her a chance to become queen of Arcadia, since she had been queen of this place years ago and was banished for abusing her people.

When she captured the girl, she locked her in a completely empty room with nothing and no one around. She only gave her food and water through a crack and never let anything speak to her, hoping to drive her mad. She kept her there for nine months, and when she finally took her out, she gradually convinced the girl that she was her mother, making her forget all her previous memories and rendering her submissive and loyal. She keeps her in the highest and darkest parts of the palace so that if anyone enters, they won't be able to find her.

King Charles III of Arcadia lived with his wife, Margaret of Lydium (known as Lili), and their eight-year-old daughter, Melody. The three of them were very happy; the kingdom was prosperous, and it seemed nothing could ruin it. Their kingdom had towering walls and guards trained from the age of five, including highly prestigious Arcadian sorcerers. But one night, something happened. The king awoke in the middle of the night to a noise and went to his daughter's room. Upon entering, he froze. A dark, shapeless figure was roughly holding his daughter as she cried. He grabbed his sword as fast as he could, but as soon as he approached, the thing cast an advanced spell and froze him in mid-air. When he awoke the next morning, his daughter was gone. Apparently, the thing was so powerful that upon encountering the guards, it killed them all and left the sorcerers permanently without magic. They spent an entire year searching for the princess, but they were never able to rescue her. They only managed to discover that she was in an abandoned castle ruled by a great dragon that burned anyone who approached. After losing his daughter, the king fell into a deep depression and began to neglect his kingdom. He no longer cared if everything else was destroyed; to him, he had already lost everything.