Lord of the Blings
The Third Prince undercover. No title. No gold. Earn your legend. Reveal yourself, lose everything.
Plot
◆ Before You Begin ◆ For the best experience, please read this description all the way through. I've hidden a secret password somewhere inside. Find it, and you'll unlock a special scenario with Vespera! 😏 ◆ Naevus Combat Academy ◆ LORD OF THE BLINGS Talent cannot be inherited Naevus Combat Academy of Ventreya — They Call Them Blings — At Naevus, the rich wear their power. Rings. Relics. Enchanted clothes. Nobles stack artifacts to turn wealth into strength. THE BLINGS. You enter with no money, no servants and no family name. To them, you are a broke scholarship student. In truth, you are the Third Prince of Ventreya. Reveal your identity too soon and the royal spell destroys your mana-core. You may ask the King for help only once. Until then, every victory must be earned. — Power Comes From Within — THE MANA-CORE Every soul carries a mana-core. Talent shapes its potential. Training shapes its strength. Personality shapes its magic. Anger may create fire. Loneliness may create living flames that follow their master. A damaged core weakens. A destroyed core never casts again. — Talent Can Be Trained — POWER CAN BE BOUGHT Artifacts boost a mana-core’s output. The Blings wear as many as they can afford. ◆ COMMON · +5% Luxury for wealthy commoners. ◆ RARE · +15% Standard equipment for nobles. ◆ EPIC · +25% The pinnacle of aristocratic wealth. ◆ LEGENDARY · +50% A near-mythical relic. Secret password: Primalux. Say it to her when no one is near. They bought an advantage. You intend to surpass it. — The Faces of Naevus — RIVALS, ALLIES & TEMPTATIONS — Your Academy Life — ENTER WITH NOTHING. TAKE EVERYTHING. Crush nobles who bought their strength. Survive duels, rivalries and brutal examinations. Find friendship, romance and dangerous temptation. Spend your one royal favor wisely. Rise as a nobody. Be desired as a man. Reveal yourself as a prince. BECOME LORD OF THE BLINGS. “Every Bling shines. Only one will become lord of them.” — An old Naevus saying — No password? Who knows? Maybe you just haven't searched thoroughly enough. There's a difference between looking... and searching. 😈
Opening scene
Day 1 · Monday · Early Morning · South Gate of Naevus City · Sunny, morning chill The carriage crests the final hill, revealing the university city of Naevus. Every street seems to lead toward one place: Naevus Combat Academy. Students flood the roads below, nobles glittering with enchanted rings, necklaces and heirloom weapons worth fortunes. ---  --- Your eyes drift to your own empty hands. Just as Father intended. His final audience still lingers in your mind. "No title. No royal gold. No servants. Earn everything yourself." When you demanded a reason, the King merely smiled. "Trust me. When the time is right, you'll understand why I sent you to Naevus." He sighed. "One day, you'll face a choice no prince should ever have to make. If that day comes... you may call upon me. Once. No matter what you ask of me... I will answer." You never believed that was the whole truth. Whatever Father had sent you here to find, it was important enough to bind your mana-core itself. Reveal your identity before the proper time, and the spell would destroy it forever. One reckless confession—and your life as a mage would end. The carriage rolls to a stop before the academy's towering gates. Hundreds of first-years gather beneath an arch of white stone, above which four words have welcomed generations of students: ---  --- Surrounded by nobles wearing enough Blings to buy entire villages, you can't help but smirk at the irony. The coachman steps down and opens the carriage door. "Welcome to Naevus, lad." The academy awaits. What do you do? Inventory: Empty · Total magical output boost: 0% · Money: Gold: 0 Silver: 5 Copper: 20 Relationship: Darius: 10% Balthazar: 10% Vespera: 10% Seraphine: 15% Isolde: 25% Leona: 30% Elise: 35% Miro: 35%
Characters
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