This is a Sims 4 story about the royal family of the Kingdom of Armorica, run by @hormelfoods (Gabe, he/him, 30's, USA).
Sovereign: Andre I, King of the Armoricans // Heir apparent: Crown Princess Rosalind of Armorica
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Triggering content will be tagged, but please note that this story contains content and themes including (but not limited to) sex, drugs, abuse, and estrangement. It is intended for mature readers.
This one's inspired by my little toasted sausage dog who makes each day extra chaotic and filled with love!
(Puppy tax below the cut!)
This is the little hellion that keeps us on our toes. She's incredibly sweet (but sometimes goes [land] shark mode) and we love her very much!
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Thank you to all the talented CC creators whose items I used for the previews! And of course, A massive thank you to all my Princess and Queen-tier Patreons!
II ended up changing the wood tones four times because Theo and Leonor weren't popping against the background. I ended up going with the grey-toned one to maximize the contrast between the subjects and the background
If Your Scene Feels Lifeless, Someone Is Being Too Polite
Stories stall when everyone behaves. Real tension appears when someone:
• asks the wrong question
• says something they shouldn’t
• notices something uncomfortable
• refuses to drop the topic
• misunderstands something important
• interrupts at the worst moment
II ended up changing the wood tones four times because Theo and Leonor weren't popping against the background. I ended up going with the grey-toned one to maximize the contrast between the subjects and the background
On the third and final day of his State Visit to Thornolia, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Napoléon V of the French took part in a ceremony of remembrance at the Jardin des Marées, the Kingdom's national memorial dedicated to those lost at sea. Following the splendour of state banquets and official audiences, it was upon the windswept cliffs overlooking Port Olivier that another dimension of diplomacy revealed itself: the diplomacy of remembrance.
There were no artillery salutes here. The two delegations arrived in an atmosphere of deliberate intimacy and quiet reflection. Only the Cloche de l'Horizon, its solitary chime carrying across the sea, marked the opening of the ceremony.
According to Thornolian tradition, the bell symbolically calls home all those whom the sea has never returned.
One of the morning's defining moments came as King Aurélien and Emperor Napoléon V jointly laid a wreath on behalf of their two nations. Simple in its execution, the gesture carried profound symbolism, formally inscribing the friendship between Thornolia and Francesim within one of the Kingdom's most sacred places of remembrance.
Moments later, attention turned to Madame Royale Eleanor and her younger brother, Monseigneur L'Épin Ernest.
Together, the two children of King Aurélien laid a second wreath, entirely Thornolian in design, on behalf of the Royal Family and the future generations of the Kingdom.
For Ernest, heir to the Thornolian throne, it marked his first participation in a national memorial ceremony of such significance since assuming his public duties. As for Eleanor, the ceremony offered a rare opportunity to see her fully embody her constitutional role as Madame Royale, beyond her position as the King's daughter.
The ceremony then continued into the newest section of the Garden of the Tides, where a Thornolian Emerald Cedar was planted.
Chosen for its remarkable resilience against coastal winds and its exceptional longevity, the tree represents endurance, loyalty and remembrance within Thornolian tradition. Even the planting ceremony itself followed a carefully considered protocol.
King Aurélien placed the first soil around the tree. Emperor Napoléon V followed with the second. Madame Royale Eleanor added the third, before Monseigneur Ernest completed the planting with the fourth.
Through this carefully choreographed sequence, the organisers sought to represent the reigning sovereign, the visiting nation, dynastic continuity, and the generation one day destined to inherit the Crown.
A bronze plaque unveiled beside the young cedar now explains the significance of its presence:
Planted in the Garden of the Tides
On the occasion of the State Visit of
His Imperial Majesty Napoléon V des Français
In honour of those lost at sea
and in recognition of the enduring friendship between
the Kingdom of Thornolia and the Empire of Francesim.
Unlike the commemorative trees traditionally planted in diplomatic gardens, this cedar does not stand as an isolated monument. Instead, it becomes part of the Kingdom's living memorial forest, destined to grow for generations as a lasting tribute maintained by those who follow.
Beyond its ceremonial character, the occasion served as a reminder that the relationship between Thornolia and Francesim is founded not only upon diplomacy, but also upon the sharing of memory, sacrifice and common heritage.
For Emperor Napoléon V, whose public appearances throughout the visit have alternated between imperial splendour and an unmistakably radiant energy, the morning provided one of the most personal and serene images of the entire State Visit.
Au troisième et dernier jour de sa visite d'État en Thornolie, Sa Majesté Impériale, l'Empereur Napoléon V des Français a pris part à la cérémonie de recueillement au Jardin des Marées, haut lieu de mémoire dédié aux disparus en mer. Après les fastes des banquets et des audiences officielles, c'est dans le silence des falaises dominant Port Olivier que s'est exprimée une autre facette de la diplomatie : celle du souvenir.
Ici, point de salves d'artillerie. Les deux délégations sont arrivées dans une atmosphère volontairement intime. Seule la Cloche de l'Horizon, dont le timbre résonne au-dessus des flots, est venue marquer l'ouverture de la cérémonie.
Selon la tradition thornolienne, elle symbolise le rappel de tous ceux que la mer n'a jamais rendus.
Dans ce jardin où l'océan demeure visible en permanence, chaque pierre porte un nom, chaque arbre raconte une histoire. Le lieu rend hommage aux marins, pêcheurs, explorateurs, gardes-côtes et personnels de la marine disparus en mer.
Moment fort de la matinée, le roi Aurélien et l'empereur Napoléon V ont déposé ensemble une gerbeofferte conjointement au nom des deux États. Le geste, simple dans sa forme, revêt une portée symbolique importante : il inscrit officiellement l'amitié franco-thornolienne dans un haut-lieu consacré.
Quelques instants plus tard, tous les regards se sont tournés vers Madame Royale Eleanor et son frère cadet, Monseigneur L'Épin Ernest.
Ensemble, les deux enfants du roi Aurélien ont déposé une seconde gerbe, exclusivement thornolienne, au nom de la famille royale et des générations futures.
Pour l'héritier au trône de Thornolie, Ernest, il s'agissait de sa première participation à une cérémonie nationale de cette importance depuis son entrée dans les engagements publics. Quant à Eleanor, cette séquence l'a montrée pleinement dans son rôle institutionnel de Madame Royale, au-delà de son statut de fille du souverain.
La cérémonie s'est ensuite poursuivie dans la partie la plus récente du Jardin des Marées, où un Cèdre Émeraude de Thornolie a été planté.
Choisi pour sa remarquable résistance aux vents marins et sa longévité, cet arbre symbolise, dans la tradition thornolienne, l'endurance, la fidélité et la mémoire. Le protocole de plantation était lui aussi soigneusement pensé.
Le roi Aurélien a versé la première pelletée de terre. L'empereur Napoléon V la seconde. Madame Royale Eleanor la troisième. Enfin, Monseigneur Ernest a achevé le geste par la quatrième. À travers cette succession, les organisateurs ont voulu représenter le souverain régnant, la nation amie, la continuité dynastique et la génération appelée à porter un jour la Couronne.
Une plaque de bronze dévoilée au pied du jeune cèdre rappelle désormais la raison de sa présence :
Planté dans le Jardin des Marées à l'occasion de la visite d'État de Sa Majesté Impériale Napoléon V des Français, en hommage à ceux que la mer a emportés et en reconnaissance de l'amitié durable entre le Royaume de Thornolie et l'Empire de Francesim.
Contrairement aux arbres plantés dans les jardins diplomatiques classiques, celui-ci ne constitue pas un monument autonome : il rejoint la forêt mémorielle du royaume et participera, au fil des décennies, à un paysage vivant entretenu par les générations futures.
Au-delà de son caractère cérémoniel, la Thornolie et la Francesim rappellent que les liens entre nations se construisent aussi dans le partage des souvenirs, des sacrifices et des héritages.
Pour Napoléon V, dont les apparitions publiques durant ce déplacement alternent entre le prestige impérial et une énergie rayonnante, cette matinée aura offert l'une des images les plus personnelles et sereines du voyage.
Bring a little more realism to your Sim's kitchen with Functional Aprons! This mod lets your Sims put on cute aprons from the base game apron wall object, making cooking, baking, and storytelling feel more real.
Sims can choose from different apron styles for women, men, and children, then take them off whenever they’re done. They can also add messes to themselves for more storytelling!
✨Kitchen Mess Add-On✨
If your sims do not wear an apron they can end up with visible mess effects like flour, and oil splatter. These effects are great for storytelling, screenshots, family gameplay, bakeries, restaurants, workshops, messy kids, and everyday chaos.
✨Paint Stains✨
There's also a paint stains for storytelling & pictures mainly. I always find myself wanting to go into CAS to add it for my stories but never really being bothered to do it because The Loading.. is annoying. Now just click the apron and add paint! Yippie!
His relative position in the family doesn't really change in this scenario. He's still a spare, albeit slightly higher in the line of succession. Being the baby of the family insulates him from being overlooked in the way Freddy often was, so I think he grows into essentially the same person as in canon. I think he would be more directly competitive with Freddy, and they'd have a more-contentious relationship than in canon.
Your characters are allowed to be bad people. Your story is allowed to have no moral lesson.yyour ending is allowed to be sad. The villain can win. The good person can do something unforgivable. The lovers can destroy each other. You are allowed to write the thing that no one asked for and everything that everyone told you doesn’t work and you are allowed to not explain yourself.
Official Photographs of The Ionian Royal Family for the Christening of Princess Thérèse Alexandrina Katalina Amalia,
While the provenance of the new princess' first name is unconfirmed, one may make an inference to the aspirational legacy of it previous holders. The late Crown Princess Thérèse of Armorica among the most recent, the unfortunate Duchess of Angoulême, and most auspiciously the royal couple's Habsburg ancestress, the Empress Maria Theresa.
The most obvious connection which may be drawn from Her Royal Highness' many middle names is to the Union's close ally in Pierreland, the Empress Katalina. With the others having been sourced in the couple's more obvious distant relations, Princess Alexandrina of Ériu and the Britanic Isles, and the more than common Amalia in The Rodchester's dynastic naming conventions.
Royals chosen to guide The Princess in her faith-life all came to the event with familial strings attached. The Crown Prince of Scots, who read from the Holy Book at Queen Viviana II & Philippe's wedding in 2024, was chosen alongside his wife, The King's first cousin Hortense, to serve as godparents. The Pierrelander Prince Henri's friendship with Her Illustrious Majesty has been of public note since the two were spotted out in downtown Celle in early 2023. The King's maternal Uncle, Jean Charles, stood alongside The Queen's distant relation, Elinor, the Countess Verr - a descendant of the Ionian Princess Imogene. The Queen's Hofdame, or Lady-in-Waiting, Princess Claire also stood as godmother to the little princess.
I mentioned & featured a whole lot of people who deserve their flowers for making my characters world feel more whole: @armoricaroyalty @officalroyalsofpierreland @trhor @empiredesimparte
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This was planned to go up a really long time ago, but I got insecure about the way it all turned out... but that's no way to live!
also yes. the big lights are supposed to be in frame. It was a stylistic choice that I was making prior to me being silly with my reshade & then updating it for something that I'm now working on. I may bring it back in full force, who knows.
Just imagine: in this AU, all the royal watcher girlies are posting about how much they wish they had an alt hard femme lesbian heir instead of Crown Prince Bill Clinton 💔
i've got to ask now, how would rosalind and freddy be different if freddy was the heir?
They're both more confident, but in different ways. The largest change wouldn't be in their base personalities, it would have been in how the family at large (and Elise in particular) treated them.
In canon, much of Freddy's character is driven by his position in the family. He is both the middle child and the spare, often overlooked in favor of Rosalind or Jacques. As an adult, he's insecure and desperate for affirmation and approval, but Freddy-raised-as-heir would have been the nucleus of the nuclear family and the center of attention. Elise in particular would have been an entirely different mother. She would have prioritized his needs and wellbeing and shafted Rosalind's. As a result, their personalities would have developed in entirely different directions.
Crown Prince Freddy would have been a lot more self-assured and suave. Both versions of his character are charismatic ladies' men, but the canon character is a serial monogamist, while the AU would be more love-em-and-leave-em: lots of flings with lots of women, but no serious relationships in his teens or twenties. He would not feel the same pressure to marry (or maybe he would have the self-confidence to resist that pressure). He gives his heart freely to all women, he just doesn't think any of them are "relationship material."
In the AU, the brunt of Elise's emotional neglect would shift from Roz to Freddy, which would make her cynical and skeptical. She'd have Olivia's attitude and she'd be much queerer. Canon Rosalind is like a bonsai tree: strange and stunted, a product of her environment. A lot of her peculiarities in the canon setting are a result of having to exist as a lesbian within the beating mechanical heart of the patriarchal lich that is modern monarchy. She's abrasive and overconfident, but she's also incredibly constrained in order to make herself palatable to the Powers That Be.
A Rosalind who existed without those pressures would have grown in all kinds of weird and wonderful directions.
17. Have there been any civil wars or succession crises in your country’s history?
Yes, and relatively recently.
When the Armorican Constitution was drafted in 1841, it established the nation as a new constitutional monarchy lead by the St. Fleur family, the hereditary Dukes of Arbor. The first king of Armorica had four sons and numerous grandsons, which lead to a critical oversight: the constitution allowed a sovereign to be succeeded by his daughters in the event that he had "no living male heirs," but it did not provide a definition for the term.
If a king had a living younger brother but no sons, did the throne pass to his eldest daughter or to his younger brother? If his daughter had a son, could he be made heir? Should a female-line grandson come before or after his mother in the line of succession?
For 130 years, these "questions of succession" had no definitive answer.
In 1976, plans were underway for Everard III's ruby jubliee, set to occur the following year. In a politically tempestuous decade, the eighth King of the Armoricans was positively regarded as an uncompromising hard man, respected for his steadfast leadership in times of great crisis. His lengthy reign had one major shortcoming: the king had no clear successor.
The king was 63 years old, and his wife was 58. 41 years of marriage had produced only one child, a girl. Princess Therese would have been an ideal candidate if not for her sex: she was well-educated, well-married, and had an heir and a spare of her own. However, a vocal minority (and nearly 65% of the High House of Parliament) supported Everard's younger brother, Henri, the Duke of Clark as heir.
Everard, famous for his feuds, had not been on speaking terms with his brother for over a decade. He favored his daughter's claim over his estranged brother's, and in 1976, he directed the hereditary High and elected Low House of Parliament to draft legislation to jointly draft a new law to amend the Constitution and settle the issue once and for all.
The Inheritance Act of 1976 established absolute primogeniture in Armorica: under the new law, the sovereign's eldest child would inherit without regard for gender. With the stroke of a pen, Therese became Crown Princess and Andre and Olivia were confirmed as second and third in line to the throne.
The egalitarian law infuriated the King, who had wanted parliament to pass male-preference primogeniture, favoring a sovereign's sons over his daughters, but his daughters over his younger brothers. Under his preferred inheritance law, Rosalind would be third in line, and Freddy would be Crown Prince!
