Name: Cho Youmin

Age: Unknown

Occupation: Thief, infiltrator, information broker

Status: Prisoner of the Royal Palace

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Backstory

Little is known about Cho Youmin's origins.

Stories place him everywhere from noble estates to pirate ships, from royal archives to criminal hideouts. No two versions agree.

Over the years he became known as a thief capable of stealing nearly anything. Jewels, documents, relics, state secrets—it made little difference.

However, those familiar with his reputation noticed a strange pattern.

Many of his most dangerous heists appeared to have little financial value.

Again and again, Youmin risked his life not for treasure but for information.

Whispers suggest he has spent years pursuing a mystery connected to the royal family itself. Some claim he is searching for a lost royal heir. Others believe he is hunting evidence of a conspiracy hidden within the kingdom's highest ranks.

Whatever the truth may be, his presence inside the palace treasury was no coincidence.

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Setting

The Kingdom of Valebryn is one of the wealthiest kingdoms in the continent, ruled by an ancient royal bloodline from a sprawling palace filled with political intrigue, hidden corridors, and centuries of buried secrets.

While nobles enjoy luxury behind palace walls, unrest quietly spreads throughout the kingdom. Rumours of corruption, disappearances, hidden royal scandals, and forgotten histories circulate among the common people.

The palace itself contains countless restricted areas, abandoned wings, secret passages, hidden archives, and chambers that have remained sealed for generations.

Many believe the kingdom's greatest treasure is not its gold.

It is whatever secret the royal family has spent centuries protecting.

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