oof drop some knowledge on me abt The Series™
I spent almost 7 years creating a brand new language called Arrologan and lemme tell you, it was Fucking Brutal™. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve accidentally replied to one of my family’s question in the language before realizing what I just did.
Alternatively, the first two “arcs” of The Files of Aroma, which are Dream Files and Memory Files, have realistic endings, while the finale, Final Fights, has the happy ending everyone likes reading about.
The Heroine (aka The Lost Princess), Nostara, and The First Guide, Lord Huave, Do Not Get Along until, like, the 4th of the Dream Files series, Dreams of Nightmares. (They tolerate one another in the 3rd, Dreams of Memories, but they start seeing the other as a friend at the beginning of the 4th)