The-princes-if

development blog for the upcoming interactive fiction The-princes-if

[the-princes-if]

Blog/IF rating: 16+ but might have possible 18+ content. Might and will include strong language, death, dark humour (towards death), sexual content, medieval violence, mild gore, mentions of past child abuse, and depictions of injuries.

Settings: Ancient korean.. Yeah with the emperor, empress.. Yh that kinda stuff.

Bad news: you died

Good news you somehow got reborn as a character in a favourite book.

Your life was going just the way you wanted a child prodigy born into a poor home you worked your way so the top of the ladder not just becoming one of the richest persons before the age of 22 but also one of the most eligible Persons out there, that was until you died.

If only you hadn't tried to save that kid

Now reborn as a character in your favourite book "The princes". you must find your way through a whole lot of drama, intrigue and a whole lot of action amongst other things. Armed with your knowledge of what has and will happen; you Delve into the book reborn as the second prince.

The princes set in ancient korean tell the tale of seven princes and their struggle for the throne, power and love.

The bad news: you got reborn as the second prince a character meant for death.

So try to stay alive will you.

Please note: choosing to play as a female,trans or non-binary will require your mc to disguise as a male for some time due to some circumstances, but disguise or not I promise it'll still be fun for you.

Full character customization.

Navigate yourself all the way from childhood till adulthood.

Get trapped in the body of a baby.

Full personality development.

Win the emperor's favor or lose it.

Become Emperor or don't

Beat the empress at her bad bad game (yh she's evil)

Wear ancient korean clothes

Romance one out four romance options, two gender locked male and two gender selectable.

Or if you're not one for romance, build a platonic relationship with any or all of them.

Navigate yourself through court

Win the hearts of the people or earn their hatred and distrust.

Feiye (ro) (M):The shadow guard and assistant. Feiye is one of the few people that is and was extremely loyal to the second prince. Being gifted along with the shadow guards to the second prince on his one year birthday, feiye has been with the prince for the longest time. His Extreme loyalty to you is the only fault he has.

Xingye (M) (Ro): The sixth prince. your step brother born just three years after you and your third and fourth step brothers. you know no one knows he's adopted, he has a huge crush on you that you know about only because of your knowledge of the book. Extremely sensitive, persistent and friendly. He's someone you just can't hate.

Sunhoe (Ro) (M/f): the rich kid and your arranged spouse. Sunhoe is the child of one of the richest men and loyalist to the emperor. A snotty,bratty and smart rich kid but maybe there's more to them, did I forget to add they're also your arranged spouse.

Byeol (Ro) (M/f): The poison master and the prince. They have one skill; poison. They are also quite good at medicine. Quite mysterious, stoic, they tend to keep to themselves and never socialise no matter the occasion. Honestly all they want is revenge.

Shadow guards ROS description

My ask box is always open

[manonamora-if]

U know what? I'm starting that flower trend.

[crimsonmoon12]

Roses and sunflowers for:

@overshadow-if & @timekeepers-if, @souls-of-nothing-wip, @sevensdeadly-if,@lifesupreme-if,@nextinline-if,@foxsfiction,@lucid-fate-if,@unwilling-souls-if

[nextinline-if]

Omg this got lost in my mentions @crimsonmoon12 but thank you for the flowers 🌸 here’s some for you 💐

Uhm let’s see! I’m going to give some asters, roses, and lotuses to @absentia-if, @theoperativeif, @unwilling-souls-if (yes I see you listed above 😄), @ramonag-if, @everythingisblue-if, @thescarsilivewith-if, @thrill-seeker-if, @queenstowndetective-if, @magiciansvoyage, @kalorphic, @zico-if, @the-error-if and @the-kingshound 💮🥀🪷💐

And if I didn't tag you, here's some flowers anyway 💕🥀🪷💮🌹💐

[the-error-if]

Awww thank you @nextinline-if!!! Here’s some flowers for you💐💐

Here’s some sunflowers, tulips, and roses for @calamitycontrol-if, @kalorphic, @thedelirium-if, @kal-down, @the-princes-if, @when-life-gives-you-lemonssss,@acourtofserpents, @asphodelgame, @vendetta-if 🌻🌷🌹🌻🌷

[the-princes-if]

Thank you so much @the-error-if and I am so sorry for the late reply 💖

Here's some roses, cherry blossoms and birds of paradise for everyone!!!💖

[the-princes-if]

Short snippet

💕A game of bait💕

Xingye chipped in "we could all pray".

Byeol scoffed immediately "pray for a quick death that is, we're surrounded"

Byeol was right, we were surrounded all round. With no means of escape, archers with ready arrows on the roofs pointed directly at us and then the people encircling us completely with ready katanas. There was no way to escape.

Even feiye just stood defensively in front of me.

Four of us, surrounded with no means of escaping or fighting. This wasn't how I wanted to die.

Byeol wasn't done tho, with a sly smile dancing on his lips byeol quietly whispered "since we're all gonna die I might as well speak a lot"

"recognize their uniforms guys?" byeol quietly asked.

Feiye and xingye immediately nodded, I too nodded...well more out of my knowledge of the book.

The order of assassins, they work for the highest bidder only, they might not be extremely skilled but they sure are plenty, a few are extremely skilled tho" feiye whispered back.

Byeol only smiled more, I had a feeling in my gut that byeol had noticed something because why else would this devil smile.

"now look to the archers guys" byeol slowly instructed. Our eyes followed each other and turned.

I immediately noticed it, feiye beat me to it tho "they all have arrows pointed at us except at xingye" feiye hurriedly whispered.

The idiots were still standing stupidly, they were waiting for us to attack first.

"exactly" byeol smirked.

"whosoever ordered our death, must've known xingye would be coming with us and requested him not to be killed" I reasoned.

Xingye was still quiet tho obviously not knowing what to say.

Byeol then turned to feiye "how much time till the shadow guards get here?"

Feiye reasoned "a few minutes at most, I sent the signals minutes ago and the shadow guards aren't usually slow".

Byeol smiled, not a smile of warmth but a cold smile that chilled the bones " let's play a little game, a game of bait to stall till the shadow guards get here, I ain't leaving this world today"

This legit just flashed in my head and I was like why notttttt, the idea seemed cool enough.

Ok bye

[the-princes-if]

Just curiously thinking; would you guys like a discord?

Tell me if you would

[the-princes-if]

Ok I gotta know is the emperor still going to like us if/when he finds out mc is female?? Like is he going to treat us differently since I know things back then we’re different

(And sorry for both the weird question and phrasing I’m too tired to form a remotely coherent sentence right now)

The emperor reaction kinda depends a lot on your relationship with him.

He will kinda treat you differently.

For example if you still have a great relationship and still is the favorite child, he'd probably regret subjecting you to rigid and rigorous military training.

" I'm sorry nae sa-rang (my love), I have been too harsh on you all these years".

Hope you're well rested now.

[the-princes-if]

mc randomly asking the ros if they wpuld still love them as a worm

Lol

Xingye: of course I would babe

Feiye: I'd be a worm too

A flirty Mc: *winks* so we can have worm sex.

Feiye: no your highness....I mean...

Sunhoe: I might just step on you or keep you in a jar as a collection..

Byeol: depends, *waggling eyebrows seductively and ridiculously* would the worm be sexy?.

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How would the ROs already in a relationship react if after yawning (or just showing any indication that they're tired/sleepy) MC just patted their tights and asked if they wanted to rest there?

Byeol: would happily head over there

Byeol: slowly tracing hands up MC's thigh

Mc: smirking inwardly da hell, Is this your type of resting

Byeol: maybe, let's play a little game shall we.

Xingye: would be a blushing mess, no n....eed I'm not tired.

Mc: smirking sultryly oh but I insist, patting thighs again. C'mon.

Xingye: finally giving up and heading over.

Sunhoe: sswa jug-yeo beolil geoya(I'm gonna murder you), who told you I was tired but nonetheless I shall hold you to that deal, I'm coming over.

Mc: holding his laughter in "you'll never change will you sunhoe".

Feiye: his face darkening and blushing and still protesting, your highness that would be extremely inappropriate.

Mc: oh but I insist, come protect me....in bed.

[the-princes-if]

i wish to to know, can i play a bold flirting mc and if so who’d blush most to least out of the ro’s

Of course you can.

Xingye would definitely blush the most.

Feiye too.

[the-princes-if]

Asks?

I'm pretty bored😪

[the-princes-if]

Can the female MC gender get revealed too? Will she get a backlash too?

Female mc will definitely be revealed but female wouldn't get as much backlash as disapproval when female mc shows interest in the throne.

After all she is just a woman(so they would say), this is why female MC's mother made her pretend to be a boy.

the emperor wanted mc to take throne and MC's mother didn't wanna disappoint the emperor.

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if the identity of xingye who is in a relationship with the mc is revealed, will he/mc still be considered a heir/prince?

Once xingye's identity is revealed he will not have a claim to the throne at all.

He might still be Considered as a prince and stuff but nope he can't take the throne and honestly xingye has never been after the throne so it's ok for him.

Mc will most likely still be considered an heir.

[the-princes-if]

If MC and Xingye are in a relationship will it be considered despicable considering they are brothers? Or will people know Xingye's real identity?

You don't need to answer it if the answer to this question contains spoilers :)

Ok this contains a bit of spoilers but I just wanna put this out since the princes plot is so huge and I'm always (sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally) thinking of new ways to make the plot even more complicated so this is like just the Icing on the cake lol.

Technically the queen never officially adopted xingye, she just took his as her own child who literally was a stillborn(this story itself is spoilers).

So she never did any official adopting stuff.

Generally the news about xingye being adopted is later revealed but naturally mc and xingye will receive A lot of backlash before the news is let out (this is if mc and xingye decide to make the romance public).

Honestly the option of making the romance public is an option I would not recommend you pick but I'm leaving the option there for angst lovers cuz mc and xingye literally get a lot of back lash.

Mc will also have to deal with xingye's own guilt about liking his own blood brother unless he decides to tell xingye the truth, mc could also choose to just y'know withhold the truth from xingye.

There's also a huge possibility that mc would legit get disinherited by the emperor if he doesn't already know and a whole lot of other stuff.

But don't worry the backlash does kinda end after the truth comes out.

[the-princes-if]

Can i ask about the MC family? So the sixth prince is MC's adopted brother who was born after MC's third and fourth step brothers. Did MC's parents in here adopt many children, remarry, have a mistress, or..? I'm sorry, i'm a bit confused here.

Hiii so here's the thing:

MC has so many siblings because the emperor has so many concubines.

Like a lot of kings, emperors, royals even empresses used to have a lottttt of concubines and mistresses not wives, concubines and mistresses with different ranks and position.

MC's father in this case who is also the emperor like most emperors only has one legal wife; the empress who is also xingye's mom. The rest are sons of concubines or mistresses including mc.

MC's mother just happens to be a favorite of the emperor and that's why the emperor likes mc so much.

As for MC's mother origins, she's actually the daughter of a noble that was sent among with others to the palace when the emperor wanted to choose concubines.

Mc will learn more about all these later on, mc will even meet their grandparents.

[the-princes-if]

To all the ROs: If you were given three things to make you happy, what would these be?

Sunhoe: food, freedom, his mom and real friends.

Byeol: his family or the ability to turn back time......nothing else.

Xingye: xingye doesn't really have a lot of wishes since he literally gets everything he wants but he'd really want everyone to be happy and not hate each other so much.

Feiye: MC's safety nothing else. Growing up he used to wish for his family to at least visit him but now he realizes maybe they just gave him away willingly.

[the-princes-if]

ROs reactions to an MC who likes to kiss them on the lips randomly, like, no matter where or what situations MC just goes kiss them and goes on with their day

It'd be absolutely distracting for feiye in a good way.

Xingye would love it and stick to MC more.

Byeol would absolutely love it and would initiate the kisses.

Sunhoe would love it but would never show it, he'd actually make a show of wiping his lips or the area that MC kissed with his robes while muttering and grumbling but would absolutely be all fluffy inside.

[the-princes-if]

Lmao fuck it, call one Steven, the other John, and make the emperor Chad.

Maybe we wanna play it 100% accurate?

백현, 찬열, 대정

Okay ima be serious now.

I would like everyone to remember that this is an isekai/reincarnation story like those manhwas i recently got into because of my lil sis. That includes works like

Death is the only ending for the villainess! Where the fashion is so well made and aesthetic

Or

Ill be the matriarch in this life, fashion be drippy here too.

I think it may help readers to think of the story as a playable manhwa. Author, I think you should market your game as a playable manhwa so no one gets confused.

Another thing that could help (not gonna lie tho, this could be really overdoing it) Write that the author of the MC's favorite book was of Korean and Chinese descent and wanted to have names of both cultures to honor both sides of their family, explaining some of the names?

No matter what tho, i think anons are overreacting with the names when the demo hasn't even come out yet.

I really hope your writing is going well, and that you make a speedy recovery with your arm if it hasn't healed yet!!

This made me smile so much💕😍

A playable manhwa is an idea I didn't think of before but would be great.

So they don't get it mixed up, it can't be 100 percent historical😅, that'd just be too much work for my lazy ass (just kidding....maybe not😅).

Your idea could be overdoing it but honestly it sounds so interesting 😅 I might just have to steal it.

The author having Korean and Chinese descent like a Korean father and a Chinese mother, and having both names to honor both sides of their family especially her late mother who Loved her traditions so much is such a great backstory. I think it would explain a lot of stuff in the book too.

Thank you, hope you're having a wonderful time writing and that coding isn't boring you😪.

The arm has healed tho I still feel pain inside which the doctor told me to just give it time to heal, but I have a new injury now. A huge cut under my leg ( I feel while trying to fix the curtain) and I feel like a like a little child that just attracts injuries wherever I go😪😅 but all the same thanks, hope you have a beautiful day or night.

[the-princes-if]

I really hope I don’t offend anyone by saying this but to me at least an if is just that. It’s fictional and isn’t required to be 100% historically accurate and keeping names like Xingye and Feiye should always be the author’s decision since they’re the ones making it

This is a wake up call for even me💕😪

I'm honestly tryna be nice by attending and taking in everyone's recommendation.

I could set the book in a fictional world and give them the names and that'd be cool wouldn't it?

All I'm saying is remember guys this if fictional, completely.

It is not meant to be historically accurate at all.

Thank you so much Anon.