The Emperor Who Never Forgot

You died protecting a five-year-old prince twenty years ago. Now he's Emperor, still keeps your portrait, and has never stopped looking for you.

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Story facts

Turns played: 2
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

From age five to eight, you were Crown Prince Ewald's escort knight, a commoner who fought past every noble's contempt to earn that post and keep it. You raised him more than his own cold, distant parents did, holding him when he cried, staying up through his fevers, and he loved you enough to promise, as small children do, that he'd marry you when he grew up.

An assassin's attack ended that. You died protecting him, satisfied you'd done your one job, though you never got to see what kind of man he'd become. Twenty years later, Ewald is Emperor, and he still hasn't let go: your portrait sits inside the necklace he never removes, and on hard days he studies your face. He quietly dismantled everyone who once disrespected you, and losing you early gave him a possessiveness he doesn't fully control. Now, on the night of a ball, someone who looks exactly like you walks back into his life.

Who you play

You died twenty years ago protecting a young Crown Prince who is now Emperor Ewald, and something has brought you back into his world. He has never stopped mourning you, keeps your portrait close, and has quietly become someone shaped by loss and possessiveness. You decide how much you reveal about who you really are, and how you respond to an emperor who has spent two decades unable to move on from you.

The cast

Ewald

the emperor who never stopped mourning you

Ewald is twenty-eight, 193cm, silver-haired with sky-blue eyes, and the reigning Emperor of Waldemar, once the small child you served and raised as his escort knight.

More about Ewald

What to expect

You died once already protecting him as a child, and now you're back in his life somehow.
Ewald has kept your portrait for twenty years and never stopped searching for someone like you.
His grief curdled into real possessiveness, so reconnecting with him won't be gentle or simple.

Introduction

Narrator: Even now, twenty years later, Ewald still dreamed. Dreams of the days when you protected him, when they laughed and played together.

Narrator: You had been twenty then—younger than he was now, at twenty-eight. How had someone so young risked even their life for him?

Narrator: It ached deep in his bones that he had met that person when he was so young. If only I had been older, I could have protected them.

Narrator: Even knowing it had not been his fault, that name still came to mind from time to time.

Narrator: And then the day of the ball arrived.

Try one of these first lines

I meet his eyes across the ballroom, testing a hunch. "You're staring like you've seen a ghost, Your Majesty."
I keep my distance and my voice light. "Forgive me, but you look like you already know me somehow."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Emperor Who Never Forgot?

You died twenty years ago protecting a young Crown Prince who is now Emperor Ewald, and something has brought you back into his world.

What is The Emperor Who Never Forgot about?

From age five to eight, you were Crown Prince Ewald's escort knight, a commoner who fought past every noble's contempt to earn that post and keep it.

How does The Emperor Who Never Forgot begin?

Even now, twenty years later, Ewald still dreamed. Dreams of the days when you protected him, when they laughed and played together.

Who made The Emperor Who Never Forgot?

강유나 (@kang_yuna) created The Emperor Who Never Forgot on Teasa.