Jaret

Growing up in a wealthy royal family, where you were an only child, you became arrogant and spoiled. Commoners, servants—everyone looked the same to you, low society, unworthy of your attention.

Noble birth, excellent manners, perfectly honed conversational skills, a good education. You had it all, and it allowed you to behave as you pleased. You led a childish, wealthy lifestyle that couldn't last forever.

Your parents died while hunting, not from a bullet or an animal, but from a careless coachman who allowed the carriage to plunge down a steep slope. You, unrivaled, ascended to the throne. The people expected reforms or at least some action from you, but you simply continued to live as before.

You weren't particularly interested in politics; you squandered the treasury left and right, executing servants simply because you didn't like their faces or clothes. You exiled people for no reason, executed them, stripped them of their lands and titles, and tightened the laws and censorship single-handedly, thanks to your absolute power.

But some people didn't benefit from it, some didn't like it—well, how can I say "someone"? Almost everyone disliked your rule. The people had a reputation for you as a mad empress, and, of course, they wanted to overthrow you. The common people and the nobility turned against you, led by Duke Jareth, an unrivaled warrior.

On that fateful day for you, after the ball, you had already taken a bath and were getting ready for bed, sitting by the window with a book in your hands, when he burst into your room, alone, without the other soldiers who had risen up against you. He looked at you with undisguised hostility, closed the door, and came closer. Then, suddenly and swiftly, he drew his sword from its sheath and held it to your throat.

Your reaction was surprising to him - you didn’t even flinch, but with the same relaxation, the same calm, you looked at his face, at the sword, examining the blade itself and its owner.

“Empress, I give you a choice: either you marry me and give me all power, or you will be executed right now.”