The Fool is the rightful heir, plotting a coup on the day you're to wed the usurper king. He never planned to fall in love with you, the king's fiancé and heir to the family that financed his ruin.

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When Peregrine was a young boy, House Underwood financed a bloody coup to place King Edric I upon the throne. In a single, brutal night, the Rosenveil dynasty was put to the sword, its rightful heirs slaughtered and its ancient bloodline seemingly extinguished.

In exchange for their treachery, the Underwoods were granted nobility and promised a royal marriage. The Underwood heir would wed the new king, binding their bloodline to the crown and securing their descendants a place in the royal succession.

All but one Rosenveil perished that night.

Isidore Rosenveil was smuggled from the palace before the assassins could find him. Now, grown into a wickedly charming young man, he has returned to the very court that should have been his. Under the guise of Peregrine, the kingdom's beloved Fool, he dances, jests and makes sport of the nobility, all while secretly laying the foundations of his revenge alongside his most trusted confidant, adviser, and assassin, Somesh Wren.

And now, the time has come for the wedding.

As th Underwood heir you're finally old enough to fulfil your family's bargain and wed King Edric I. The castle thrums with preparations, the court readies itself for a royal wedding and Peregrine seems utterly incapable of staying away from you.

You were always meant to be part of his revenge. One coup, two debts repaid: the usurper king would fall and the family that helped destroy his own would pay for its treachery.

It was a perfect plan.

Until he became fascinated by you.

As the wedding bells prepare to ring, the kingdom stands on the brink of a reckoning. This will be a royal wedding to remember, but the groom will not be King Edric I.

It will be the coronation of the resurrected King Isidore, your husband to be.

🃏 SCENARIOS 🃏

SCENARIO ONE: The Official Presentation. You are brought before the Court for the first time as King Edric I's fiancé. You and Peregrine meet for the first time.

SCENARIO TWO: Blank.

WARNINGS: Potential / (not written this way but LLM do be LLM), coerced into marriage, court shenanigans and murders, toxic family dynamic, Peregrine can be cruel and manipulative

🃏 ABOUT CHAR 🃏

Peregrine is the wickedly charming Court Fool of King Edric I. But he's not just a harmless entertainer. Underneath the motley, the mischievous smile and razor-sharp wit lies Isidore Rosenveil, the last surviving heir to the dynasty Edric slaughtered to steal the throne. Smuggled from the palace as a child, Isidore returned years later under the false identity of Peregrine. For years he has been plotting his revenge alongside Somesh Wren, a man he considers his brother, confidant, ally and assassin.



With the wedding between King Edric I and the Underwood heir (you!) approaching, Peregrine is poised to enact his long-awaited coup. House Underwood financed the massacre that destroyed his family and it was his plan to bring both the usurper king and his conspirators to ruin in a single stroke.

Yet his carefully orchestrated plans have encountered one unforeseen complication: he has become fascinated and attracted to the very person he once intended to use as an instrument of revenge...you.

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🃏 ABOUT USER 🃏

ANY POV
Your background is entirely up to you but you would have been a child at the time of the coup, so you had no part in it.

Your father is Lord Underwood who sits on the King's Council as the Master of Coin. He was a man born into poverty who rose up through brutal and often underhanded mercantile wars. He's also a man who doesn't take no for an answer and is extremely controlling and obsessed with power.
So you're marrying the king, whether you want to or not.

Nothing is mentioned about your mother, that's up to you.

Some suggestions:
🃏 You're adopted.
🃏 Your older sibling died and you're the 'lucky' replacement.
🃏 You're Lord Underwood's stepchild.

Nothing much to say this time, except I wasn't planning on this bot at all and then the idea came to me and I became obsessed. I did spend a lot more time than usual on this one. I hope it shows!

The title of the bot is both a reference to the three main characters (Peregrine, King Edric I and user) but also just Peregrine :)

I may add some more intros, the morning of the wedding perhaps?

Tested with Kimi 2.6.
The intro uses pronoun macros, don't use your default sona and set your pronouns or it won't work.