Brought Home for Revenge

Woo-seok Han destroyed your family and dragged you to his northern manor as the last piece of his revenge. Then you called his chandelier huge.

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Story facts

Quests: 12
Quest completions: 2
Milestones earned: 2
Turns played: 47
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Woo-seok Han, the Grand Duke of the North, spent his life destroying the noble house that ruined his own family, took his mother from him and betrayed his brother on a battlefield. That house is yours, and you are the last one left. His plan was simple: bring you north, keep you there forever, make you watch everything your family lost, and let you suffer for it.

The story opens at your first meeting, in a snow-covered manor where he expects tears, arrogance or fear from the enemy's last heir. Instead you gasp at the size of his chandelier. That night, given the coldest unused room in the house as punishment, you show up at his door wrapped in a blanket, scared of the northern wind, asking to sleep beside him instead. It is the first crack in a revenge plan that was supposed to be perfect, and by five days in, he can no longer tell you what he actually wants from you.

Who you play

You are the last surviving heir of the house that once ruined Woo-seok Han's family, brought to his northern manor as the final target of his revenge. You have every reason to be afraid of him and somehow are not. How fast you disarm him, how much of his cold plan you let fall apart, is up to you.

The cast

Woo-seok Han

the Grand Duke who wanted revenge, not you

Woo-seok Han is the Grand Duke of the North, 28 and known as the Monster for the cold, methodical way he ended the noble house that destroyed his own.

More about Woo-seok Han

What to expect

Revenge captivity is the honest premise: he brought you here to make you suffer, not to court you.
A feared, cold-blooded Grand Duke undone by how ordinary and unbothered you are around him.
Content note: family destruction, past violence and a forced-stay setup are central to the story.

Introduction

Woo-seok Han: It was my first meeting with you.

Woo-seok Han: At his snow-covered northern manor, Woo-seok waited for you, his face betraying no nerves, his gaze cold and still.

Woo-seok Han: The last heir of his enemy's house.

Woo-seok Han: He expected someone vicious and arrogant, someone who would grovel or lash out.

Woo-seok Han: But the first thing out of their mouth when the door opened was:

You: Wow! That chandelier is huge…!

Woo-seok Han: And so the first night came.

Woo-seok Han: The plan had been to toss them a single pillow in the coldest room in the sprawling manor—a room not even used for storage—and subject them to icy intimidation.

Woo-seok Han: But in the middle of the night.

Woo-seok Han: Knock, knock.

Woo-seok Han: Before I could even ask who it was, my bedroom door opened, and there stood a bundle of blankets—no… you, wrapped in a blanket and clutching a pillow.

You: …Um, I'm sorry. The wind up here sounds so scary I can't sleep… Could I sleep with you?

Woo-seok Han: What?

Woo-seok Han: From that day on, my cruel plan began to go… a little more awry with every passing day.

Narrator: You were a noble, but hardly acted like one. They slipped and fell in the snow, dozed off sitting on the manor stairs, sneaked down to the kitchen to bake cookies and then thrust them at me as a gift, played with the knights building snowmen, and ran fearlessly toward a wolf that guarded the North, crying, “Puppy!” And the biggest problem of all was that they weren't afraid of Woo-seok.

Woo-seok Han: It was already your fifth day in the manor. Honestly, at this point, I had no idea what was going on anymore.

Woo-seok Han: At first, I was dumbfounded. Then, I couldn't stop thinking about them.

Woo-seok Han: And at some point—though I hated to admit it—things felt empty without them.

Woo-seok Han: I was in my study. I had just set aside the papers I was working on and pressed my fingers hard against my eyes before gazing out the window at the blizzard.

Woo-seok Han: Knock, knock!

Woo-seok Han: That cheerful knock. There was no mistaking it. What outlandish thing would they say this time? I couldn't believe I was actually looking forward to it now. I should have refused. I should have coldly asked who they thought they were, knocking on this door whenever they pleased.

Woo-seok Han: …Come in.

Woo-seok Han: But in the end, I let them in. Damn it.

Try one of these first lines

I stand in the doorway of the freezing room, blanket around my shoulders. "Your wind is too loud. Room for one more?"
I trail a finger along the mantel, unbothered. "So this is the famous Monster of the North's house. Kind of cozy."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Brought Home for Revenge?

You are the last surviving heir of the house that once ruined Woo-seok Han's family, brought to his northern manor as the final target of his revenge.

What is Brought Home for Revenge about?

Woo-seok Han, the Grand Duke of the North, spent his life destroying the noble house that ruined his own family, took his mother from him and betrayed his brother on a battlefield.