Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel CD Key

Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel

A fantasy visual novel that weaves romance and friendship into court intrigue. You play as the youngest child of a lesser bourgeois family, raised in the castle beside Mathias, the future King, under the shadow of a cruel ruler, a Queen whose loyalty shines, and a prince whose kindness or pretense may surprise you. After more than twenty Carnivals, the King is dead and the Queen’s illness deepens as azure taint spreads across the realm and the Opalean Wars draw to a close. Mathias stands on the threshold of kingship. Will he become a compassionate ruler, a violent monarch, or a ruthless tyrant? And will your choices give him a reason to call you ally, confidant, or something more?

What you do

• Create your Dragon Commander: choose gender, name, appearance, and hobbies to shape your courtly presence.
• Develop your personality and decide how you feel about your past; your beliefs and loyalties color every bond.
• Navigate a branching narrative with 270K+ words in the final version, where choices directly sculpt relationships and destiny.
• Experience a Black & White aesthetic brought to life with 24 monochrome CGs and 2 colored illustrations that mark pivotal moments.

Relationships and romance

• One Love Interest with five possible branching relationship types, plus non-romantic routes to explore friendship and loyalty.
• Possible romantic rendezvous with other characters while following Mathias’s friendship path.
• Fully LGBTQIA+ friendly: you can choose your gender and define your relationship with Mathias and Mandreis.

Setting and tone

Set against a kingdom recovering from war, where the Queen’s health falters and azure taint darkens the land, your decisions determine the crown’s future and the prince’s character. Will Mathias be kind, calculating, or ruthless? Your past and choices shape his response, your bonds with the cast, and the path you walk together as you decide whether to Love the Guard or Be the King.

Notes

• Age 16+ for non-explicit sexual scenes, mild swearing, and violence.
• Solo development by Ligia Nunes, author of Bear in Sheep's Clothing.