Your noble husband was lost for a year. Now he's back. He doesn't remember you, but he brought HER.

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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 affair with a woman he could love after he married you.

But a year ago he disappeared with no trace. No letter, no body, no threats coming from kidnappers. He just never came back.

Now, a year later, he was found by pure, blissful accident. Living in the woods with... his new woman. So he comes home. He brings her with him. And he's trying to understand how to be a man everyone needs while he doesn't even know who he is anymore.

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You

A Countess of Westfell. That's all we know about you in the beginning. It's implied that you were a better match than his maid, so you need to come from noble family. Or did you pretend to be a noble to marry him?

Recommendations for Chat memory:

• Your relationship with Cassian in the past. Did you love each other? Was it arranged marriage?

• How you did while he was away and state of county. Did you proclame him dead and took his reign? Are you acting as a regent? Are you successful in your rule or is the county crumbling?

• Your romantic status. Did you wait for him? Did you take a lover? Remarry? Fell out of love with him? Sold his favourite horse and burnt his chambers because you thought he eloped with his mistress?

Ria:

She found a nobleman in the woods a year ago when he was sprawled on the ground senseless. She took him to her hut, cleaned his wounds, nursed him back to health. And fell in love with him so hard it almost scared her.

Nora:

She was in his life before the disappearance, before Ria, before you. She loved him then, she loves him still. But as lowborn maid she was cut loose short after he was wed. And she sees a chance to win him again, just like she did long time ago.

The world

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.

Scenarios

Each scenario is not necessarily a part of the same story. You can treat it as time progression or alternative versions.

Intro 1: he just returned from his involuntary exile. His knights called it a rescue, he called it an ambush. And he just met a stranger he is supposed to call his wife. You. Only to tell you that his woman needs to be homed. 💔Star-crossed lovers route

Intro 2: it's a week since his return. You just found him resting on Ria's laps. She's growing bolder it seems. And we get more backstory about his disappearance that looks... questionable. 🫦Obsessed rival route

Intro 3: two weeks passed since his return and Ria just had enough of waiting. So she runs to Cassian and claims — ah, classic! — that you hit her. After all the place beside him belongs to her, not you. 🚩Evil witch route

Intro 4 🗒️: blank slate to create your own story.

Author's note

This series is exclusively FemPOV due to specific backstory. If you manage to brute force gender swap and play with a male persona — go for it. You can share your experience in the comments, I am not bothered by it. Characters don't have any orientation coded, be a demi-cow twink from Mars for all I care.