A certain very naive Guen of mine (Good Girl Guen) will be regretting her decision not to go to or warn Camelot for a LONG LONG time. She thinks that if she makes peace with Frankmarch, Radagund will call off the army and the battle will never happen at all. And therefore, thereās no need to warn anyone about a battle that Lancelot will prevent. However, this is Ye Olden Times, and word probably wonāt get there in time (and of course, Lancelot might fail).
@jeantown You mention that Guens who either donāt warn Camelot or lose the battle will be ahem, out of favor with the populace. Will Guen ever be able to regain the peopleās goodwill or is it lost forever?
@buggygirl11 Itās definitely supposed to feel like a tough choice, where you lose something no matter what you do (though actually it may be possible to achieve success on all three branches with some very careful metagaming). Ultimately, though, I donāt intend for this game to be super-depressing or, I hope, super-frustrating, so I hope that any āfailuresā will come off more as interesting differences in the plot than actual losses.
She should be able to regain goodwill, but her failure to defend Camelot will never be 100% forgotten (even if she rises to popularity afterward, someone may try to exploit her past).
Actually, it would be a nice easter egg for an angry Guen.
She is so angry at Arthur that she jumps to her feet (stomp1), topples over a chair or table in the process (stomp2), and then slaps him in the face (clap).
In the uncomfortable silence Lance then saves the day by picking up the tune and inciting everyone to go with him to drown out Guen screaming at Arthur.
Though we still have to find something he can sing to the tune. āWe will rock youā wouldnāt really fit
NAH VOLCANOES DONāT HAVE POISON. Sorry I was in the country without internet. For me truly evil is subtle, messing with their minds ttwisting their believes until they become a shadow of their former self. Make them fight against each other and for their own volition, it is far more cruel than throw them in a volcano.
Thatās the beauty of it. Death would be a mercy.
But slowly destroying their life, stripping it apart one by one. Making their friends and family turn on them. Taking away everything they love, every pleasure in life, until there is not the slightest bit of hope left.
Pushing them down so far that they would welcome the embrace of death.
That is when you give them the knife. The last despair. Death by their own hand.
(Or by self-poisoning, in Maras case)
I think Iām starting to have withdrawal symptomsā¦ I really need to go to a LARP again.
My Guen, who loves Arthur to bits, but thinks him a bit naive most times would love an opportunity to slap him, yell, slam fists against his chest, then bawl into his arms, calling him an idiot and swearing like a sailor.
^^ā¦I donāt know why I imagine that, but itās cute.
True words. Whatās LARP? I think it is a truly Shakespeare moment. Really sad Shakespeare never wrote an Arthurian play. Probably the end would be legendary. And the funniest thing is if the poison queen play well her cards she wouldnāt do anything evil at all in all the books. She would move everyone and everything doing manipulation but physically she would not doing nothing wrong. She could go with her head high and prideful claimed being a innocent hero that love peace and her kingdom . I probably would confort Hippie after the bed moment with the evil sorcerer. And then sell Arthur as a naive kitten to Morgana saying his foolishness made all happened, she is a man and like all a bastard blind.
LARP = Live Action Role Play.
Basically people getting together, dressing up and role-playing with each other.
Maybe youāve seen the movie āRolemodelsā?
And if weāre going by Shakespearean standards then everyone would have to die, including our Guen.
Which seems like an interesting end, thinking about.
Lance is blindly loyal to Guen, which could easily be exploited.
Actuallyā¦
Book 1: Guen gets into the good graces of Arthur and Lance and flirts with Morgana, thus gaining her trust.
Book 2: Guen returns to Camelot as the savior who holds the invaders at bay, thus securing her position in the eyes of the soldiers and the common people. Morgana can take care of herself and Lance gets sent to Arthur to keep up appearances.
Book 3: ??? No idea about the content, but Arthur should be hardened here.
Future: Guen tries to kill Mordred, and immediately afterwards goes to Morgana, pinning the blame on Arthur (if he is hardened it should be passably believable, especially since Guen has her trusted status). Thus Morganas wrath is concentrated on Arthur, and our Guen begs her in tears not to act upon it or confront her husband. Even though he is a heartless monster who attempts to murder his child, he is still Guens husband and she has feelings for him (or at least thatās what she says).
Lance will be held back in reserve for various dirtywork and to eventually go against Mordred.
Mordred must be held on good terms and also fed the story of Arthur being the one who tried to kill him. Then send Lance against Mordred (āIām afraid what he will do to Arthur and me, Lance. You must take care of him before he comes for me!ā).
And depending on whether the Arthur/Lance or the Morgana/Mordred side wins, we will see about how to incite them against each other.
At the end Guen only has to take care of the one left (āGuards, arrest him/her! This is the culprit who murdered our beloved Arthur/Lance/Morgana!ā), and the Guards should follow their Queen and famed defender of Camelot (see Book 2).
But since this Guen wouldnāt be inclined to suicide and nobody is left to seriously oppose her we would have to figure out a reason for her to die too.
@CaesarCzech
What do you mean āendsā?
Iām not nearly suicidal enough to go between Mara and her poisons.
No, we will join forces and usher in a new era of Terror and Despair, weeding out those undeserving of a place in the new world born out of the ashes of the current one.
And it will be a glorious era. People will know their place. There will be no overpopulation. No crime. No war.
All those detrimental effects will be ruthlessly exterminated and nipped in the bud.
Those, and mimes. Curse those mimes and their silent, expressionless gestures!
Mimes are the last real revolutionaries. There is something subversive in them for many political dictadures, and in many places are forbidden.
My Guen is no suicidal, same she is not evil or romantical over dramatic. She is not from a Shelley poem. But a bloody ending were everybody dies dramatically cursing with suicides, and tons of betrayal poison. In a stormy sunset with crows flying, could be an excellent bad ending really funny to read.
About live role-playing for us is or cosplay or just role playing. English has a lot of words to Describe Similar things lol. And acronyms , half of time I have no idea of what in hell meaning.
Iām not sure that āhardened Arthurā really leads to āArthur would try to murder a babyā being credible unless Morgana trusts Guen completely and is in a particularly irrational state.
Not to say it can never be believed, but Iād hope that anything setting Morgana and Arthur against each other to that extent takes a fair amount of effort - especially given the amount of lying involved.
Guen is murdered by the only person she truly overlookedā¦ Elaine.
A girl drug into this madness by marriage and then left on the sidelines.
One who did naught but observe and act like the stupid, simple girl you thought she was.
Turns out they were both playing the same game and Elaine was better at it.
After killing Guen she disappears into the world and allows the country she left behind to crumble into sweet chaos like she always planned.
(Or at least thatās how I would go.)
But then thereās always:
The revenge of one of Morganaās sons.
The turning against Guen by one of her closest āfriendsā.
A realization by her most trusted guard, Maris who still has a noble soul deep down.
An unknown practitioner of light magic who replaced Merlin in his old age and is not nearly as daft.
Even a simple poisoning from one of the countries enemiesā¦
Really the options are endless. :].
I forget when Mordredās supposed to show up. Partā¦ 4? Is that right?
Sorry I was in the country without internet. For me truly evil is subtle, messing with their minds ttwisting their believes until they become a shadow of their former self. Make them fight against each other and for their own volition, it is far more cruel than throw them in a volcano.
I normally donāt much care for Shakespeare (looking up EVERY. OTHER. WORDā¦UGH) but that was so much fun to read!