Oblivion of the Crown

You are the sole surviving heir of the empire. Memory is gone; the conspiracy lives, the treasury is draining, the borders are ready to ignite.

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INFIRMARY / MORNING AFTER THE ASSASSINATIONOblivion of the CrownThe country awaits your signature.You don't even remember your own name. By the bed stands a doctor with a dried stain on his cuff. Behind the screen, the guard is being changed. They tell you that you are Leon Varin, heir to the Velar Empire, and that last night your family was killed.You survived. The man who counted on a different outcome may also be alive. 27 YEARS OLD · PERSONAL AMNESIA · POWER WITHOUT READY ANSWERSWho you were — remains to be discovered.Who you will become — is up to you.People remember the old Leon: his promises, signatures, closeness, and mistakes. Amnesia does not erase their memory. Trusting each of them, arguing, or keeping your distance — your choice. Eight people. Not one ready answer.Someone will help. Someone will pursue their own goals. One person is capable of both in a single day. Jonas Rehl · 46 · physicianFirst asks what you remember. Can stop the bedside meeting and honestly admit he doesn't know the prognosis. But the Council waits behind the door, and the doctor does not rule the country. Marek Vell · 58 · chancellorWill listen to an objection, explain procedure, slide a document closer. His experience can ease the first day in power. Before agreeing, it's worth reading the proposed powers to the end. Adelina Tor · 41 · treasurerDistinguishes money in the ledger from money in the chest. Will ask about the amount, collateral, and recipient. If the treasury cannot bear your promise, she will be the one to say it. Sera Varin · 53 · family and old housesRemembers you before the assassination. Can close the window by the hospital bed and demand a share of power. Her care does not exclude doubts about your readiness to rule. Damir Kord · 49 · generalHis regiments await their pay. For him, roads, provisions, and an executable order matter. He will listen to a reasonable argument; a fine speech cannot be sent to soldiers instead of supply trains. Neris Falk · 36 · investigative chamberWill clarify whether you saw it yourself or heard from another. She needs access to the attack site and living witnesses. Your title can help the investigation — or turn it into a purge. Leila Soren · 32 · delegate of SolmTraveled a week from the south with lists of emptying granaries. She will have to return to those who sent her. What will she bring back: a fulfilled agreement, another promise, or a refusal? Erek Tal · 38 · ambassador of OsranThe neighboring kingdom could become an adversary. Erek is still able to speak with you, but is bound by another's mandate. A private meeting opens negotiations and simultaneously attracts attention at court. How will you act?Investigate. Compare documents and testimonies, gain access, preserve evidence. Suspicion still needs to be confirmed.Govern. Allocate limited money and grain, find executors, track delivery. A signature does not mean the cargo arrived.Negotiate. Assemble a cabinet, divide powers, argue with regions and neighbors. Support requires reasons and can end.These approaches can be combined. Holding the throne at any cost is not necessary: you can share power, transfer it under conditions, or leave. There is no safe option in advance. Crises change along with decisionsEarly supply can remove the cause of an army refusal. A promise without delivery — leave it in force. Requisition can hasten a riot, and a public accusation — force the enemy to destroy evidence.Deadlines and scale change, not just the next line. The court, provinces, and neighbors act in parallel. Late aid will reduce further losses, but will not undo the past. First — answer the doctorThis morning is in the infirmary, not the first session and not a ready plan to save the empire. Jonas awaits an answer about pain and memory. The people from the Council have not yet entered.Between state decisions remain treatment, work, awkward acquaintances, and quiet conversations. There is no magical way to learn the truth, no posthumous reset, and no guaranteed successful ending. M17 · All active characters are adults.Loss of family, amnesia and consequences of trauma; assassination attempts, political pressure, famine, uprisings, and war. Non-graphic violence. Possible intimacy is consensual, intimate details off-screen; no sexual coercion.

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