Kiro & Hikari wrote:The news was shocking, no one saw it coming.
The king has died, along with the next three in line for the throne.The new king is sixteen. He does not understand what he is supposed to do. But that doesn't matter though; his 'advisors' have viewed this as a wonderful moment to take power. All his decisions are made with a gun pointed at his head from the shadows. Their is no loyalty for him, a previously unimportant fourth child. So, no one bothers to protect him or intervene with the advisors. The new king, young little Ren that never thought he'd end up on the throne, will not be alive much longer. Everyone knows it. Soon enough, when the advisors and others' who are participating in the show from behind that shadows have established their power in the castle, New King Ren will be having an 'accident'.
You are on the sidelines.
You might be a child of a noble with high power, or distantly related to the previous ruler. When that last of old king children, now only Ren, has died, the next ruler will come down to a vote. The advisors and high barons are almost defiantly going to pick a child, at least under twenty, for they do not want the position themselves as for fear of assignation and want a puppet. That could easily be you. It will be, however forced, a life of luxury. Heck, maybe you'll even find a way to get actual rule over the land. But it is a position some of you fear.
What will you do?
Marry down to some commoner and be safely out of the voting, or do all you can to stay out of the way of the advisors and not to be viewed as a threat and therefor assassinated? Or will you start bribing and killing, to make sure to get the throne yourself? Anything can happen. Just remember, never let yourself get on the bad side of the advisors and nobles manipulating the king, you will die. Or maybe you're just a commoner.... who got caught up in it all.
Last but not least....
While Ren might appear broken and too weak now to try anything anymore, he's exterminating any possibles successors he think will run his kingdom to the ground. It's not easy, trying to fake everything. And then there's the people after his heart, for a marriage with him is having the crown handed to them. So.... he remains silent, avoids people, and kills the threats.

























