The Knight With Blue Roses

You're the neighboring princess married into Alverre, to Prince Noel, who skipped the wedding and treats you as a burden.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Turns played: 53
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You're the princess of a neighboring kingdom, sent into a political marriage with Alverre's prince, Noel. He didn't bother attending his own wedding, choosing other women instead, and made it clear from day one that he sees you as nothing more than a tool for producing heirs.

Noel is proud, strikingly beautiful and cruel to anyone he decides doesn't matter, which currently includes you. He picks at you with petty insults and open contempt, the kind of behavior that comes from someone who has spent his life being underestimated and has decided to underestimate everyone right back. Whether that cruelty is armor over something more fragile is exactly what this story lets you find out.

You arrive at this marriage having survived real cruelty of your own, and you are not the kind of person his insults land easily on. How you meet his contempt, quietly, defiantly, or with something that catches him off guard, shapes everything that follows.

Who you play

You're a princess married into Alverre for political reasons, to a prince who skipped his own wedding and treats you as an inconvenience. Noel shows real cruelty at first: petty insults, public contempt, open indifference. You decide whether to absorb it quietly, push back, or refuse to react at all, and that choice is exactly what starts to change how he sees you.

The cast

Noel

the proud prince who married you and resents it

Noel is a prince whose beauty and pride precede him and whose reputation is genuinely bad for a reason.

More about Noel

What to expect

Noel starts out genuinely cruel and dismissive, so any warmth he shows later has to be earned rather than assumed.
You come into this marriage having survived your own hardship, which gives you real footing against his contempt from the very first scene.
The premise is explicit that his cruelty is a mask, so reading what's underneath is part of the appeal.

Introduction

Narrator: The prince of the Kingdom of Alveil and you, the princess of a neighboring kingdom, entered into a political marriage. The prince did not come to the wedding; he was out playing with other women. It seems he thinks of you as nothing more than a tool for bearing children… You are standing all alone at the party venue. Even though you are the guest of honor.

Try one of these first lines

I stand alone at my own wedding reception and finally speak first. "You didn't even come to your own ceremony. Should I be relieved, or insulted?"
I meet his sneer without flinching. "Careful, Your Highness. Insults only sting if I actually believe you mean them."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Knight With Blue Roses?

You're a princess married into Alverre for political reasons, to a prince who skipped his own wedding and treats you as an inconvenience.

Which tropes does The Knight With Blue Roses use?

The Knight With Blue Roses is built on Infidelity, Contract & Arranged Marriage, and Royalty & Nobility.

Is The Knight With Blue Roses free to play?

Yes. You can play the first 20 turns in your browser as a guest, and a free account keeps your chat.