The reason Knocknaree targeted Castoria was simple. Her birth had originally been a deliberate arrangement by Maeve, the previous queen of the northern Goblins, meant to overthrow Queen Morgan. After she was born, she had worked toward that goal for over a hundred years, reorganizing the Goblins and building up her army.
Then, more than a decade ago, Einzbern of the Mirror Clan prophesied the arrival of the Child of Prophecy. That did not merely displease Morgan. When Knocknaree heard the news, she was equally unhappy. She had worked toward this for over a century, only for a Child of Prophecy who had appeared out of nowhere to beat her to it.
If anyone else had said it, Knocknaree would surely have ignored it. But the speaker was Einzbern of the Mirror Clan. Thus began Knocknaree and Castoria's love-hate rivalry. Others might have found it difficult to determine whether Castoria really was the Child of Prophecy before she rang the bells, but Knocknaree was different. The first time she saw Castoria, her instincts told her that Castoria was her fated opponent. Did they really think this queen had so much free time that she would specifically go out of her way to tease Castoria, who had still been a low-ranking Goblin at the time? There had been plenty of fake Children of Prophecy, yet she had paid none of them any attention.
Come to think of it, it was quite interesting. Whether human or Goblin, nearly everyone had the same attitude toward prophecies, much like Xiong Ba: if it benefited me, it was true; if it harmed me, it was false. My fate is mine to command, not Heaven's.
"So that was how Maeve lost back then. No wonder Knocknaree has no need for a human army." Grimm knew many