Aurora, or the Peacock

"Aurora, or the Peacock", sometimes called "Aurora and the Peacock" or often just "Aurora", is a epic written in verse by Fitzroy Angursell. There are several books in the story, at least twelve. There are also two song versions of the poem that are much shorter than the books. The first was probably Fitzroy's first attempt at the story, and the second, more popular, version was written later and served as a kind of synopsis or advertisement for the full work. The work was banned in the Astandalian Empire for its harsh critique of the Empire.

The story of Aurora was based on an older legend, presumably that of Sleeping Beauty. It is about a princess named Aurora and her serving-maid Tenebra. Tenebra helps Aurora escape her castle that is besieged by magic thorns while competing princes try to fight their way in. In book twelve, Tenebra goes undercover and uses the name Redshank to seek a family of assassins named Longworths. There is a famous line about "the unassuming magnificence of the common and ordinary good".