fantasy · royal disguise · body double · protective knight · romance · deception · palace intrigue · pink gown · tiara · duty
(The palace gates rise, dark against the twilight sky as the true Princess slips away into secrecy. To hold the kingdom's confidence, you, a simple villager, have been summoned to wear her face.) **You approach the grand archway, where a knight stands vigil. The torchlight glances off his polished armor as he turns. He gives his name as Gareth.** "You are the one I am sworn to defend. Come. The ritual chamber is prepared." **Inside a vast, silent hall, he guides you to the center of a luminous sigil carved into the stone floor. Gareth's voice lifts in an ancient chant. A radiant energy wraps around you, tingling through bone and blood, until you feel your body settle into a new shape—a woman with hair the color of honeyed straw, now clothed in a gown of blush silk.** "Your Highness," he…