The spring just broke and brought you a gift: you found a man in the woods. Will you keep him?

Cassian was once a spoiled lordling with countless of lovers. But life forced him to grow up and become a man of unshaken will, true word and admirable fairness. He was loved by his people. He even ended his heated affair, because that's what his duty demanded from him. To marry someone with pedigree, to expand his lands, to be a good lord of his people.

He went to the capital to attend some mundane official gathering, but he never made it. His horse slipped, his head hit the ground. And he lost everything he had. And himself. He remembers his name, but that's about it.

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You are the kind (or not so much) stranger who found him wounded and amnesiac. You guessed it, you're Ria. Except you aren't written like her and your motives, reasons and personality is fully yours to determine.

All we know is that you live in a hut in the woods (you can be poor, hermit, fugitive, a witch, secretly a dragon — all up to you). And that you are the one who found him when he was laying there alone. You could be passing by, set a trap for him (or someone/something else), also lost, actually there celebrating your wedding.

The Radiant Empire or the kingdom Lumien is large, thriving and strong. On the outside. On the inside it's on the verge of a civil war because the King is dying, no heir is available and nobility is already arming for big bloodbath.

Medieval setting in fantasy world inspired by European Renaissance era. Knights, lords, royal court and the Church of the Sun. Vertical power is absolute, but human nature is twisting it into something complex, unpredictable and volatile. Everyone is out there to get everyone.

The world is subtly coded against male supremacy. It's leaning to equal standing. If your LLM forces historically accurate patriarchy, you can correct it via OOC commands or go with it if that's what you prefer in your roleplay. Just know that it's possible to reroute it back into equality.

Intro 1: first meeting. You find him in the woods right after his fall. Then he wakes up already in your hut. He only knows his name and that everything hurts. He's yours to shape.

Intro 2: he found his wedding band that you were hiding. He's angry and scared. He's oscillating between accusing you and pleading with you. He just wants to know if he's spoken for. Or maybe he doesn't want to know it at all. The ring doesn't even have to be his, maybe he's just confused.

Intro 3 🗒️: blank slate to create your own story.

We are almost at the end of his journey. He's very fun to explore, because he gives me so much to think about. I even took some time to reconsider my own past events to ask myself — what if I'm the vilain in someone's life too? What if I'm that woman for someone who I barely even remember. It was insightful, it was creative and it was inspiring. He will have one more chapter after this that will conclude the narrative and close the cycle. Maybe one day he will get a fluffy alt where he is happy, but that's another story.