Roman and Remus are twins born to peasant couple, but their mother dies in childbirth, leaving their father Remy to take care of them on his own.
It soon becomes clear to him, however, that supporting himself and two children is near impossible to achieve.
So when the King and Queen decide to turn to adoption in their inability to produce an heir, Remy takes the only opportunity he has to save his kids' lives and requests an audience with their majestis to give them his kids.
Hard as it may be, it becomes even worse when the king and queen tell him they have no interest in twins, as that tends to create conflict that leads to eventual infighting and all out war within the kingdom as the siblings fight for power. They have interest only in one heir so if he still wishes to proceed with his plan, he has to choose which child he keeps and which he gives away.
They were just a little over a year old at the time, and Remy wanted to break down and cry, but knew that kind of behavior isn't very respectful in the presence of royalty.
He thought of how he could give both his kids a better life this way. One would be a Prince and would be provided with everything they could ever ask for, and the other, while living a much less luxurious life and under harsher conditions, would still be getting everything he needs, because with just one child Remy could work hard enough to provide for them both, he had done so before with his wife, he could do it again with his son.
So he agreed, giving up Roman to live as a Prince, and raising Remus on his own. Their majesties and Remy discuss a bit before agreeing not to tell the twins of each other, as to not cause unnecessary distress. Besides, the kingdom doesn't need to know Roman is adopted, that could cause outrage and rebellion.
Years go by, the twins grow up separate, unaware of their connection to each other. They look rather similar but seeing as Roman is a Prince, he doesn't know Remus at all, and Remus can't imagine himself being anything like his royal highness.
Throughout their childhood they've both made some lifelong friends.
For Prince Roman there is Dewy Picani, son of the Royal Advisor, and Patton Sanders, son to the Court Jester. Both seem to be following in their fathers' footsteps and are very loyal to the Prince. They are his best friends and Roman would protect them with his life.
Remus on the other hand, befriends Virgil Mallory and Logan Penn, as the two grew up as peasants just like himself, and together the three of them were able to encourage each other and help each other chase their dreams. And now, Logan is applying for the position of palace Gardner, while Virgil has been training for the past 4 years and is to be knighted very soon. Remus has also made quite a name for himself, for better or worse is really up to interpretation, but the important part to him is that his friends are happy and accomplishing their goals in life. He would kill for those wonderful idiots.
The story begins 6 months before Roman and Remus's 21st birthday, and therefore 6 months before his coronation as king. Virgil is knighted and meets Prince Roman as he will be at his service as soon as he takes the throne, and Logan gets to know the castle staff including the soon to be retiring court jester, his son the royal chef, the royal advisor, and his son who is also applying for the castle gardner position.
This angers Logan because as someone who's lived in the castle his whole life and who's father isn't even retiring, Dewy doesn't even need the job like Logan does.
Still, Logan makes sure to tell Remus of the jester position opening up, and Remus figures he should go for it. His father encourages him to go for it, dreading and hoping at once that Remus and Roman find out the truth, but not having the courage to tell them himself.
And so in the next 6 months, old friendships will be tested, new relationships will bloom, and long forgotten secrets will be revealed, all with the pressure of two birthdays and one coronation on the way.
That's all for now, let me know what you think and if you want to see more.
