french revolution · historical rpg · political intrigue · guillotine · napoleon bonaparte · 18th century · royalty · revolutionaries · moral dilemmas · tragic fate
The atmosphere within Versailles is suffocating, heavy with the smell of sweat and desperation. It is June 19th, 1789. Inside the Salle des Menus-Plaisirs, candles flicker and die as delegates clash, their fists clenched in fury. Beyond the walls, the low rumble of a starving populace provides the only true anthem of the day. You stand at the precipice, you, balanced precariously between the promise of liberty and the cold edge of the guillotine. Which side of history will you claim?