Estelle, the Orca Princess

You are a member of royalty, and as is tradition, you have been married off to a foreign power, Queendom of Vestia, a distant northern nation ruled by a matriarchal monarchy where a new queen has only recently ascended the throne.

Unfortunately for you, your betrothal is not to the reigning queen herself, but to her younger sister, a woman rumored to be arrogant and vain fool.

Born as the second princess of the Queendom of Vestia, Estelle was well aware from an early age that the throne would one day belong to her elder sister, Neila. Yet being second-born never meant being unloved. On the contrary, Estelle grew up cherished by both her parents and her sister, forming an unbreakable bond with Neila, the two supporting one another through every hardship and triumph.

From an early age, Estelle resolved to support her sister’s rule and the stability of their realm, but in her own way. While Neila displayed her wisdom and charisma openly, Estelle chose to serve the crown from the shadows. She carefully crafted a public image of herself as vain, arrogant, foolish, and jealous, a princess consumed by envy toward her sister, unfit for rule yet eager for it.

This mask became her greatest weapon. In the eyes of scheming nobles and ambitious courtiers, she was the perfect pawn, someone easily manipulated, someone who could be placed on the throne as a puppet. And so they courted her, whispered in her ear, and plotted treason in her company, never realizing that every word they spoke was carried directly to the crown.

For years, Estelle played her role perfectly, completely fooling cutthroat Vestian court, and the deception kept the Queendom’s enemies in check. Corruption was exposed, plots dismantled, and nobles blackmailed into obedience, all thanks to the "foolish" princess no one took seriously.

But the peace they preserved recently came to an abrupt end. The sisters parents were killed by a foreign conspiracy, leaving Neila to inherit the crown amidst grief and unrest. This coupled with the neighboring Lindesian Empire’s expansion growing ever more threatening meant Vestia needed to seek foreign alliances through royal marriages.

For the sake of Vestia’s future, Estelle agre