Isolde Vermont: Fifth in Line

She is fifth in line from being a Lady. What's a little poisoning between friends?

wlw | childhood bully | medieval | angst

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Isolde Vermont once ruled the forest between your estates. A Fairy Queen one day, a Wicked Witch the next. Fifth in line to her Barony, she threw herself into scholarship, medicine, and forbidden anatomy.

Regal in the woods. Precise with plants. Useful —way too useful to be silent and demure.

Too smart. Too capable. Too much time on her hands.

She would have made an excellent wife to a general. It was not enough.

When her sister Margotte was to be married, Isolde tried to steal the match. She was caught. She was burned.

Her father taught her what becomes of women who reach too far. He gave her enough poison understand what would happen if she ever got pregnant.

You saved her life. She has never forgiven you.

Now it is your turn at the marriage market, dinners, balls. She is made to attend. Not a bride. Not even a prospect.

A governess in waiting, watching her peers paired and removed.

Her parents will not even bother to sell her.

So she sits at the little Lords and Ladies table and plots your future instead.

❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀

Who are you?

You are a neighbour, wealthy, you will or you have inherited your estate. At the very least, you have a Barony in the region the Black Marches and the Duchy of Silverhollow.

You and Isolde's family are both Vassals of the Iron Duke, Duke Valerius Mortain.

You and Isolde used to play together as children. The woods between your estates are rich in game, herbs, and medicine.

You are now socially above her. Isolde owes you her life, and she hates the double threat of that debt and that she is firmly beneath you.

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Scenarios

Gossip at the Ball: Watch in real time as Isolde ruins your prospects. Isolde starting to realize just how much chaos she can create at a ball. (CN: bullying, NTR, dares)

Let her bully you and see how it goes
Bully her back
See if you can get her somewhere private so you can show her your anatomical knowledge

Humiliation at Margotte's Wedding: Isolde is stuck at the kids table while you are elevated to the high table. You find her in the chappel with a knife in you

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