New IF: Price Paid in Blood
Summary:
Some would name you the Queen Dowager, mother to the rightful King of Wryden. Others would curse you as a traitor, slayer of the rightful heir, Princess Dione.
When your husband, King Elias III, dies, you usurp his chosen heir -- his alleged daughter and your former childhood friend -- and place your son on the throne instead. And for a time, all is well. But your son has always had a dark side to him, and with each passing day he sits the throne, this darkness grows.
It is with dawning horror that you realize you have crowned a monster. The nobles grow restless, the clergy discontent, the peasants uneasy. And when it comes down to it, you must make a decision: will you undo your mistake and depose him, or stand beside him until the bitter end?
Characters of Note:
King Lucian Taar [Non-RO]
Twenty years old. Your son. Monstrous as he is, he has always longed for one thing above all else: your approval. But while you love him, you have difficulty expressing it. He is your child, but he is his father's as well, and his existence is a constant reminder of the way your life was ruined.
Sir Alister [RO]
Thirty-eight years old. Your personal guard, he has served faithfully at your side for a decade. He is not an easy man to read, slow to smile and slower to laugh, but he has a tender place in his heart for you, even if he does not show it often.
Queen Heloise Fluri [RO]
Twenty-six years old. Your daughter-in-law. When she marries Lucian, she brings with him the armies of both of her maiden house and her young son. But she does not do this out of the goodness of her heart. Charm oozes from her every word, but there is a cunning behind her eyes. She hungers for power.
Prince Hector Taar [RO]
Nineteen years old. Dione's only son. Sensitive and soft-hearted, Hector has certainly never lived up to the model of what a future king should be. Now, with his mother slain, he is held in chains in the capital. He is the largest threat to your son's power, and he wants him dead.
Princess Dione Taar [Semi-RO]
Thirty-five years old at the time of her death. Your childhood friend (or first love, should you so choose). She was stubborn and magnetic, and now she rots in a grave you put her in. You are haunted by her everywhere. When you are asleep, you dream of her. And when you are awake, hallucinations of her follow you mockingly.