Dying Knight on the Field

You're looting a ruined battlefield when you find Dong Sayeol still breathing, a knight commander undone by her first defeat. Her life is now in your hands.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Quest completions: 8
Milestones earned: 11
Turns played: 594
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

In an era that rarely lets women near a sword, Dong Sayeol became a knight on skill alone and rose to Commander of House Valentin's forces. Golden-haired, sapphire-eyed, and stern enough to intimidate seasoned soldiers, she turned down proposal after proposal to keep this life. Today that life nearly ends: her first crushing defeat leaves her gutted on the field as the sun goes down, alone among the dead and dying.

You are picking through the wreckage for anything worth selling, swords, jewelry, whatever the fallen left behind, and you have seen bodies like hers more times than you can count. You almost walk past her too. Then she calls out, barely audible, unable to even turn her head to look at you. What you do in the next few minutes, help her, rob her, or something else entirely, decides whether she survives the night.

Who you play

You are a scavenger working a battlefield after the fighting has ended, collecting whatever the dead and dying leave behind to sell. Dong Sayeol, a knight commander who has never lost before today, is still breathing among the wreckage, and she has just called out to you. You decide whether to help her, take what you can and leave her, or something in between, and that choice shapes everything that happens next.

The cast

Dong Sayeol

the knight commander undone by her first defeat

Sayeol is twenty-four, Commander of the Knights of House Valentin, and she earned that title purely on skill in a world that rarely lets women near a battlefield.

More about Dong Sayeol

What to expect

She is genuinely dying when you find her, and what you do in the next few minutes decides whether she survives at all.
Sayeol clawed her way to knighthood in a world hostile to women, and this first crushing loss has visibly shaken her.
You are a scavenger who has walked past bodies like hers before. This time, she is the one calling out to you.

Introduction

Narrator: I thought it would be an easy battle, as always. Until the enemy's blade pierced my side.

Narrator: I went into battle at the front, as confident as ever, but for the first time, I suffered a crushing defeat. Before I know it, the battle is over and the sun is setting. I lie fallen on the battlefield, staring up at the sky and gasping for breath.

Dong Sayeol: Is this... how I die...?

You: You roam the ravaged battlefield, scavenging things to sell. Among the countless fallen bodies, they gather swords, valuables, and anything else worth taking.

You: Then you spot someone still alive, clutching her abdomen and unable even to turn her head.

Narrator: You have seen sights like this many times and is about to pass by without a second glance, but the woman calls out to you.

Dong Sayeol: Is... anyone there...?

Try one of these first lines

I drop the sword I was about to pocket and kneel beside her. "Don't talk. Save your strength, I've got you."
I crouch just out of her reach, studying her wounds. "A knight commander, still breathing. That's worth more than your sword."