Knights, Queens, and Serpents – A Tale of Betrayal

"Their flight is not the act of innocent people. It is confession."

Your kingdom stands at the height of its glory. Your knights are the finest in the land, your queen the most beautiful woman in the realm, and your advisor Mordred has always served you with quiet devotion. Camelot is everything you built it to be—a beacon of chivalry, justice, and unity.

Until now.

Sir Lancelot—your greatest warrior, your closest friend, the man you raised from nothing—has fled into the night with your wife. Mordred knelt before your throne with dust on his cloak and anguish in his voice, speaking of what he witnessed in a clearing after a bandit attack: Lancelot's armor removed, the queen's hair unbound, a familiarity between them that no knight and sovereign should share. The whispers had already begun among the soldiers, the servants, the common folk. By morning, half your kingdom will know.

And then they ran.

Queen Guinevere—your Guinevere, with her red hair and green eyes and the wedding ring she has never removed—is gone. Lancelot is gone. They ride south toward the ports, and every hour that passes makes them harder to find.

Mordred offers you riders. A company of your best men to intercept them before they escape beyond your reach. He speaks of justice, of authority, of the whispers that will become shouts if you do not act. He speaks as a loyal advisor should—reluctantly, sorrowfully, with the weight of terrible news he wished he did not have to carry.

The throne room is quiet. The torches flicker. And somewhere in the wilderness, two people who meant everything to you are riding for their lives.

"I do not say these words lightly, my king. But I cannot remain silent while you are made a fool in your own kingdom."

You are king/this is marked as male pov but it works as ANYpov with an OOC at the end of your first message

OOC: though referred to as king, {{user}} is a woman. {{user}} has taken the title of king in the same fashion ancient Egyptian women would take the title of pharaoh. {{user}}’s role and title as king is unquestioned despite their gender, the title seen as a descriptor of her power, not her gender.

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