History YMMV / LongLiveTheQueen

* MagnificentBitch: [[IronLady Arisse, Duchess of Lillah]], is a powerful noblewoman second in influence only to the Crown Princess herself and dubbed Nova's Eastern Queen. She is fiercely protective of her large family, but that protection stopped extending to her oldest stepson Hyacinth and her second husband Jael whom she found out to be a serial killer and a rapist respectively and whom she had [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident stealthily assassinated]]. If Crown Princess Elodie is an incompetent monarch ([[MamaBear especially]] if her incompetence leads to Arisse's little [[GoodStepmother stepson]] Adair getting killed), Arisse raises many nobles of Nova to a bloody rebellion, [[TheDeterminator stopping at nothing]] until becoming [[TheManBehindTheMan the power behind the throne]] as regent or Royal Advisor. Elodie can only hope to defeat Arisse at all by developing significant political and military skills. However, if Elodie rules capably from the start, Arisse stays absolutely loyal to her, thereby showing that she [[AntiVillain isn't motivated by her own power grabs but by a desire for a stable and peaceful realm]].

** Charlotte can [[spoiler:get bitten by a poisonous snake... set by her scheming mother to try and get her cousin killed]], or [[spoiler:Elodie can kill her mother -- one method, by frying her alive in self-defense]], or [[spoiler:Elodie can have Charlotte executed ''along with'' her mother because of her mother's crimes]], or, if you're feeling particularly sore about [[spoiler:her mom, Elodie can have Charlotte fed to the Kraken, by having people ''tie Charlotte up and gag her'' first and then dumping her off a ship, after some horrible ritual has been performed on her]]. And all this is happening to Elodie's favorite cousin. Even worse is if [[spoiler:Elodie killed her mother in self-defense]] -- she'll be absolutely heartbroken and hateful towards Elodie, who is just as heartbroken as she is.

** For the background/unseen character, we have Cayleigh of Elath, [[spoiler:who got caught in the intrigue between Elath and Sedna, which then she had to cope with the death of her entire family along with the burden of maintaining Elath family line. Due to the pressure for securing a heir, she was pushed by her father Erwin to marry and bear child at such a young age, resulting in [[DeathByChildbirth her death]]]]. Even worse if the Internal Affairs 80 entry, which mentioned a rumor that she was [[spoiler:sexually assaulted by Jael]], was indeed true. Not to mention the possibility of [[spoiler:[[DeathOfAChild her son joining her in the afterlife]] during the game timeframe, if Elodie botched up the custodian decision after Fabian's passing. In that circumstances, even in death she just seemingly can't catch a peaceful break.]]

** [[spoiler:[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Jael]] is the second husband of Arisse, Duchess of Lillah. He rapes his [[WouldHurtAChild teenage stepson]] Kevan, while [[MindRape convincing]] him that it was a "seduction". Jael continues to rape Kevan until his own son Thaddeus [[PrimalScene discovers it by accident]], which leads to Arisse divorcing Jael immediately. However, this doesn't stop Jael from tormenting Kevan, so Arisse is forced to [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident stealthily have him assassinated]]. Many years later, Kevan is still severely unbalanced by his trauma and never heals from it completely even in the best of circumstances.]]

** For the background/unseen character, we have Cayleigh of Elath, [[spoiler:who got caught in the intrigue between Elath and Sedna, which then she had to cope with the death of her entire family along with the burden of maintaining Elath family line. Due to the pressure for securing a heir, she was pushed by her father Erwin to marry and bear child at such a young age, resulting in [[DeathByChildbirth her death]]]]. Even worse if the Internal Affairs 80 entry, which mentioned a rumor that she was [[spoiler:sexually assaulted by Jael]], was indeed true. Not to mention the possibility of [[spoiler:[[DeathOfAChild her son joining her in the afterlife]] during the game timeframe, if Elodie botched up the custodian decision after Fabian's passing.]]

** For the background/unseen character, we have Cayleigh of Elath, [[spoiler:who got caught in the intrigue between Elath and Sedna, which then she had to cope with the death of her entire family along with the burden of maintaining Elath family line. Due to the pressure for securing a heir, she was pushed by her father Erwin to marry and bear child at such a young age, resulting in [[DeathByChildbirth her death]]]]. Even worse if the Internal Affairs 80 entry, which mentioned a rumor that she was [[spoiler:sexually assaulted by Jael]], was indeed true. Not to mention the possibility of [[spoiler:her son joining her in the afterlife during the game timeframe, if Elodie botched up the custodian decision after Fabian's passing.]]