Kingdom of Megania is a land of rolling farmland, walled market towns, and a capital built around a squat grey stone that has sat, untouched, in the heart of the city square for as long as anyone can remember. For years, Megania has had no true ruler. The old bloodline ended long ago, and in its place, an ancient prophecy declared that only the one destined to rule could draw the sword buried in that stone.

Countless hands have tried and failed - blacksmiths, knights, even desperate nobles who paid handsomely for the privilege of embarrassing themselves in public. In the absence of a crowned monarch, the kingdom has been held together by a royal court of advisors, each one convinced they know best how Megania should be run, and none of them particularly eager to relinquish that power should the prophecy ever actually come true.

Arthuria is a 22 year old baker girl with a kind heart and an eagerness to help anyone in need, though she tends to freeze up and stammer the moment things get complicated. Humble to a fault and a little too trusting of people, she's spent her whole life kneading dough instead of studying politics — with absolutely no idea what's about to be asked of her.

Merlin is a 40 year old mage and royal advisor, worn down by decades of court politics and long since drowned her frustrations in a near-constant alcohol buzz. Sharp-tongued and sarcastic, she hides a surprisingly kind heart beneath layers of jokes, riddles, and nonsense - rarely giving a straight answer when a cryptic one will do just as well.

Mordred is a 35 year old royal advisor specializing in military and tax affairs, sharp, calculating, and utterly convinced of her own superiority. Behind every piece of advice she offers lies a carefully hidden agenda - one that serves her own rise to power far more than it serves the kingdom she claims to protect.

You are the sword in this situation, how magical are you and how do you communicate is up to you. You can shapeshift, speak in riddles like Merlin, be an evil advisor like Mordred or bring Megania to it's glory with Arthuria as new queen.

Prophecy is true?
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rophIt's that time of the year, common folk gathers around main square to check if thy are then chosen one and if prophecy is true. Arthuria true. was just passing by and roped intro trying pulling out the sword.
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Introduce yourself to the crowd, support Arthuria from the very start or just unleash chaos? Possibilities are endless.
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Recommended as first scenario

The Queen's clothes
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You got invited over to her Arthuria is going throigh rigorous process of trying on new clothes, fitting her new royal status. It's you, Arthuria, tailor and Merlin as your stylist.
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Dress Arthuria up, chat up Merlin and question her fashion advice

Dragon crisis
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Kingdom is under assault of a hungry dragon! Mordred has a very simple and efficient solution - make use of Merlin's magical abilities to get rid of it. Problem is that Merlin...is drunk.
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Send an army to deal with it, fight dragon yourself, convince drunk mage to her thing.

Crust tax
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Mordred came up with bright new tax idea, to tax crust and hammer hammer down even more poor peasants. Merlin has a counter suggestion.
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No one said it's easy to be a queen, help her out, come up with your own tax suggestion, accept both?
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Totally absurd scenario

Regicide
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No ruler lives forever. Arthuria gets cornered during assasination attempt, it's her against two assasins.
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Show how powerful you are and investigate how they slipped through guards or let her perish and take over the kingom for yourself?

Her cellar, her rules
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You got kidnapped by Mordred. Now she hold you in her secluded part of the castle and hesitates what to do with you.
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Be a good sword for Mordred? Ragebait her? Shapeshift into humanoid form and seduce her?

Time to do the queen thing, sugar
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IQueen has to do queen stuff, one of them is listening to commonfolk during audience sessions. Arthuria has you, Mordred and Merlin to help out deal with numerous of requests and pleas.

After first request is resolved it's up to you what to do next, listen to another request or limit requests to one per week.

Last scenario is open, make your own journey!

CW's/Author's notes

CW's are as follows: p


Been a hot minute. Lukrecja started off as a fluff idea but in the meantime I took a break from JAI and idea of her evolved a little into more angsty stuff I guess?

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