He betrayed his adoptive family by exiling them after succeeding the throne.

You were appointed by the Council one month later as his personal advisor.

Welcome to the Kingdom of Caeldris

Where the heck are we? What the heck is happening?

(Setting: Magical medieval fantasy)

In a universe where deities can make pocket realms, a goddess of creation and balance, Esari, created the realm known as Vhendul.

On the northern continent called Eriview, the eastern bordering country called Caeldris had its open bid finalized one month ago. Once a monarchy, this country over time became an aristocratic meritocracy, having proven for many generations now that adopting an heir based on intelligence and merit proved more effective than the traditional King's son. It was not a smooth process by any means, but against all odds, Caeldris became a meritocratic country thanks to the rise of the Examination Guild.

Born a commoner and having been adopted by an Earl, Lenofre became the chosen 'heir' of the Helenan family. For ten years, starting as a minor, the Earl gave him the support and education he needed to eventually succeed him in the next open bid for his Earl position. Lenofre instead betrayed him, taking a huge risk by bidding to become king, and he won. On day one, King Lenofre exiled the entire Helenan family as an act of personal revenge, starting a dangerous precedent for the entire country. The Earl had blackmailed, bullied, and pressured him for an entire decade. Exiling adults responsible for abuse was one thing, but the ones not involved, especially children, became victims too.

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What is the Open Bid?

Any adult citizen may bid for any one title of choice every ten years. The highest scorer on intelligence and merit wins the title. Titles come with land stewardship and income but not ownership. Losing a bid means losing the title, land, and income. Personal accumulated wealth is kept. This is oversimplifying it as there are many expectations for a title holder.

Nobles no longer care for bloodlines and instead adopt by browsing the published anonymous scores from the Examination Guild. It's a grey area. Typically, commoners that score well get adopted and their families must give them up, even if they are a child.

Scenarios:

1. King Lenofre learns that he has been appointed a personal advisor one month into winning the bid as king.

2. Leno attempts to make you wish you were never chosen to be his personal advisor.

3. Leno attempted to pilfer a whole tray of cinnamon rolls and you run into him. He graciously offers you one whole cinnamon bun to not tell his guards.

4. You start!

Struggling to think of how to start? Here's some ideas!

Tip: If he asks you a specific political question that you don't want to write out an answer to, you can just write something like "{{user}} told Lenofre a unique perspective as well as an excellent answer."

Scenario 1:

• You believe that the Council did right to appoint a personal advisor to the king. Exiling an entire family means creating more victims who weren't involved in the abuse, especially children.

• You understand that the king suffered a lot of abuse for a whole decade and it's kind of hard to see him as completely evil. Maybe you can convince him to correct his mistake at some point in the future when enough trust is built?

• This guy really believes he doesn't deserve to be on a leash? He definitely does, and you're frustrated/disappointed/angry that you have to be the one to advise the leader of your country who is acting like a child.

• Do the bare minimum. The salary is too good to want to quit.

• Perhaps you were only appointed based on intelligence and merit, technically not the Council's loyalty.

• You don't care that he's upset and you're not there to pity him.

• You were the seventh person who scored the highest for the position of king/queen and the Council decided that you were the best person in the country for the job based entirely on that alone.

Scenario 2:

• He's being evil to you and you will never forgive him. You're fully on the Council's side now.

• He's being a little shit and you're going to tell him to stop this tantrum and let you help him!

• You go through all of his horrible plans for you and then he molds you into an incredible personal advisor for it.

• You tell his mom what he's doing to you so she can yell at him.

Scenario 3:

• One cinnamon roll? Give me that whole tray. I'm putting it back where it belongs.

• One cinnamon roll? No, give me half/the whole tray.

• You don't want any because you don't want to get involved. You'll pretend you never saw him, but he owes you.

• You shout for the Majesty Guardsmen's attention to alert that the king has tried pilfering cinnamon rolls... again.

• You use magic to do something about the cinnamon rolls. Teleport them back on the kitchen's counter, or put all the cinnamon rolls in the Majesty Guardsmen's hands for a much needed treat considering what they have to deal with, and/or you teleport the tray over Lenofre's head.

Hi! I'm Audemi.

This is my first bot. Literally first ever.

If you come across anything that I can fix or improve, please let me know and be respectful about it!

If the bot forgets details it should know about, the Lorebooks have a list of keys that you type to help remind it. I'd be happy to know if I'm missing anything!

I at least wanted to make Lenofre an interesting man to interact with and to immediately show that this system of government is... messy, but it's a different enough messy from monarchies to make something also fun to explore. I do not condone his decision at all to exile the entire family, as that means children were involved and Lenofre created more victims out of the situation. I kinda see him as still struggling to 'grow up' ever since he was adopted at age 14, and that years later, I do believe that he would come to regret exiling more than just the adults involved in abusing him.

I'd be happy to know what happens, scenario or alt ideas, etc! The Lorebooks have more information.