Not to mention a Guen who makes investments in gambling dens, brothels, and bars…
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Or antisocial Guen who shuns the public and spends her free time locked in her room brooding over her expensive bedsheets.
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Do we dare? Do we get the Egyptian cotton?
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They would make rather excellent rope to rappel down the side of our bedroom window and leave the castle 
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Yes! Ninja-Guen! Can we do this as an actual thing?
Honestly I just want my Warrior-Guen to conquer the isles in the name of…hmmm I actually don’t know yet. The cause will come at some point I’ll just tell the soldiers “loot that way!”
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makes plans for a future Guen who was committed to Arthur or Morgana
Let’s see, wounds caused by Meligaunt’s sword doesn’t heal.
And given it is part of the Arthurian cycle…well, after his little…affair…with Morgana…I can see my furious making sure Arthur won’t be able to sire children ever again.
The best thing? Merlin’s magic will be ineffective in…restoring…Arthur to his old self.
I won’t clog this thread with any big fanfic, but I admit I was thinking if Guen faces the situation with Arthur. Obviously this isn’t canon.
[spoiler]Guen sighed, running a hand through her hair. She was finally done with the last supplicants after she held court, and as usual Arthur was nowhere to be seen.
Because he has better things to do, she grumbled to herself. However, her frown lifted now that she could spend a little time to talk with Morgana who had arrived earlier that morning. Ever since her wedding day, Morgana had been her most steadfast friend in Camelot.
Guenevere moved down the hall, briefly pondering where her sister-in-law could be, when she heard the pitter patter of little feet. Unconsciously, she bent her knees slightly to give her fae cat a scritch behind his ears. Her smile widened as Sir Fluffy’s purrs echoed in the hall.
“I’m glad I could brighten someone’s day,” Guen said teasingly.
As if remembering something, Fluffy leapt forward, and turned his head, looking at Guen questioningly, “Rowr?”
“Something the matter?” she asked.
“Merowr!” Fluffy replied. With one paw, he snagged the hem of Guen’s dress, and started to pull it forward.
“Something you want to shw me?” Guen asked, wishing she had taken Merlin’s offer to learn how to brew a speak to animals potion.
“Meow!” answered Fluffy positively, and he started to pad toward her bedrooms.
Guen’s eyes narrowed as she remembered the last person to enter her room uninvited: Sir Meligaunt. Her hand dropped down to Widowmaker, the name she gave to the sword which formerly belonged to Meligaunt. One cut from it, and the wound would never heal.
She quickly chased after her cat, making only one stop with a passing servant, telling him to find Lancelot, and rouse some of the palace guards. Satisfied with her plans, Guen closed the distance and saw her bedroom door was closed. Quietly, she put her hand on the handle…only to find it locked. Then she heard some high-pitched cries from in there, one of which sounded like Morgana.
“Fluffy, break it down!” Guen ordered.
“MEROWR!” roared her fae cat, growing until it was larger than the biggest lion, and smashed through the door. Guenevere quickly followed behind…only to come to a halt as she saw Arthur and Morgana in the same bed, blankets wrapped up tight and covering their nakedness.
“What is the meaning of this?” Guen yelled, her voice matching Fluffy’s from just a moment before.
Arthur raised up a placating hand, stammering “I can explain…” while Morgana blushed, and pulled the blankets over her head.
“Explain? There is no explanation for defiling our marital bed!” Guen growled in rising fury. She pulled out Widowmaker, it’s edge glowing red, its malevolence matching her mood.
Arthur rolled out of the bed, his hand reaching out for his scabbarded sword…only to meet with air as Fluffy darted faster than any human could, and batted the blade aside…and out the nearby window.
“Guen, please…stop…please,” cried Morgana from the right side of the bed.
“Don’t worry, I’ll attend to you next,” Guenevere said, keeping her eyes focused on Arthur. Guenevere circled her husband, calculating his most likely defensive move when shouts filled the hallway. Suddenly Lancelot entered the room with several guards, and assorted castle stuff on his heels.
“I’m here,” Lancelot then shutting up as he took in Arthur and Morgana’s nakedness. Then his eyes saw Guenevere’s sword raised high and the fury on the queen’s face.
“Put down the sword,” Lancelot taking a tentative step forward, but stopping when Fluffy hissed at him.
“Why should I?” Guenever said, her eyes still focused on Arthur.
“Because I don’t want you to die for regicide,” Lancelot said quietly. He glanced at his best friend and the step-sister, “I…I can see they have dishonored you, and they will pay for it…but not this way.”
To Arthur’s relief, Guen lowered her sword. Sighing, she sheathed her sword, though she could feel a wave of disapproval from Widowmaker, disappointment that its thirst for blood won’t be filled this night.
“Throw them both in the dungeon,” Guenever said.
“You…you can’t do that,” uttered Arthur.
“Oh yes I can,” Guenevere smiled bitterly, “You might be king, but you are still bound by the laws of the Goddess. And this, my dear husband, counts as adultery. There are more than enough witnesses to attest to that.”
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Your whole post nearly made me cry. Lol my Guen loves Morgana and if that actually happened between Arthur and Morgana, she’d be heartbroken 
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Yes, definitely. Light magic can’t cure mental trauma, mental illness, or mental disability, but it can help a lot. Both Morgana’s mom (Ygraine) and Lancelot’s mom went to Avalon after traumatic experiences and found comfort there.[quote=“gia, post:8591, topic:1996”]
Will Arthur’s relationship with Morgana be impacted if you choose to have an affair with her?
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Depends on how you handle it, but less so than an affair with Lancelot. The Mordred issue has a lot more potential to drive Arthur and Morgana apart, depending on how Guen handles it.[quote=“gia, post:8591, topic:1996”]
Conversely, how will a Guen tht has feelings for both of them be handled?
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This can be tough, as Guen will sometimes be forced to choose between the two in small ways, but in the long run her influence will be able to keep Arthur and Morgana on good terms, even if she has feelings for, or is romantically or sexually involved with, both of them.
No updates to the game (I’ll change the thread title when that happens.)[quote=“darkwolf76, post:8593, topic:1996”]
So are the abilities to perform light and dark magic from one inherited “magic” trait that allows you to do either, or do you inherit the abilities of the two different magic separately?
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They’re separate but related, and they’re also not necessarily genetic. The best analogy I can think of right now is singing and playing the piano (where singing is like light magic and piano is like dark magic). Both could fall under “musical aptitude,” and plenty of people who can do one might also have aptitude for the other, whether they train in it or not. But there are plenty of singers who can’t play piano, and piano players who aren’t the greatest singers. A child of musical/magical parents has a good chance of inheriting those aptitudes, but might not; conversely, a child of non-musical parents might unexpectedly have a great deal of musical aptitude. (Magic ability is not the same as the bloodline-powers passed down in the noble families.) Hope that helps!
I’m keeping that to myself for now, because I’m evil 
, but I do have it all written out and you will get the full story toward the beginning of book 3. The three lines are the Pendragons, the Lothians, and the Arimitheans aka Pellinores.
Rome has universities in the Guenverse, but I don’t think Britain has them as such (unless I change my mind later). Education after childhood is more of an apprenticeship system. There ARE large libraries at Avalon and in Londinion, with communities of “loremasters” surrounding them, so those are sort of proto-universities, but people just go there for knowledge rather than anything like a degree. So theoretically maybe a Guen could help turn one of the libraries into something more like an institution of higher education?
And sure, Guen supporting favored programs/causes makes a ton of sense! If it seems appropriate and not too plot-stopping to incorporate that somewhere, I’ll see what I can do. 
Guen sneaking out of the castle on bedsheets does seem like the kind of thing that happens in this story. Right now I’m not sure where it would fit in specifically in future installments, but you never know. And there’s some sneaking options in the Frankmarch branch if you choose to do it.
Don’t worry, Arthur and Morgana will absolutely not choose to have sex with each other; they’re both repulsed at the thought, and the revulsion will only get worse after it happens.
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Oh thank god! I only know a little part of that story from the description of this song:
And I was kinda scared this of would actually happen. Incest creeps me the f*ck out!
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Oh thank the goddess for small blessings!! jumps happily
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Same here same here ugh
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Wait, when exactly Mordred born by the way?
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Wait, adultery is illegal for the monarch too? I thought it only applied to royal consorts.
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It probably isn’t. I did say elements of the short story weren’t canonical
And even if it wasn’t illegal, I would still love an option where my Guen might throw Arthur in the dungeon in a fit of pique.
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In an alternate universe with Queen Guenevere who pulled the sword from the stone and king consort Arthur from Cornwall. 
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I’m actually pretty sure it is, considering how important the bloodlines are in the guenverse, so the monarch going around and producing a bunch of illegitimate children with Pendragon powers is probably as unwanted and treacherous for the stability of the kingdom as the Queen giving birth to a heir who lacks said bloodline properties.
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So how would the monarch be punished? Replacement?
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Damn, things are gonna be very tense afterwards. I’m glad Guen will be able to help them both make amends.
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Oh the scandal! You can just see all the little headcannon lightbulbs coming to life.
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