1. ONCE UPON A
KINGDOM
A Build a Royal Kingdom Challenge

2. Hyperia’s Noble families are the epitome of success to those
below them, everyone aspires to some day be one of them.
However, even among the Nobles there is still jealousy and
scheming, the other Noble families of Kasumi and Trace
have long since held a grudge against the Starr family for
being the first choice of the king when selecting wives for
the princes. How else were they supposed to gain the
favour of the king when he hardly looks at their line? Lord
Erian and his Lady Amaya are seeking to change the king’s
opinion about the Starr family being the only choice for the
princes, they were determined to prove to him that they
had much better to offer him. Having a daughter of theirs
bedding the prince would greatly increase their range of
influence over the lower classes.

3. Lord Erian: This is excellent my love, I knew you would not disappoint me. We shall be ready when the
king comes round to choose a bride for his heir.
Lady Amaya: I have a feeling my Lord that we will be chosen, our family deserves a fair chance to
mingle with the royal line.
Lord Erian: I do as well my dear. That is why I am working on positioning myself high enough in the
Political ranks to have a say in the kingdom’s law.

4. Lord Erian: Our daughter shall be the one to bear the next royal heir, I will make certain of it.
Lady Amaya: Do be careful husband, we do not want to risk arousing the king’s suspicions of
our intents.
Lord Erian: Of course not my dear, I will be careful. Once I am Mayor, I will be in direct
contact with the king and I’ll have the people’s votes on my side.

5. Lord Erian: The midwife informs me that you will be due very soon. We shall continue the
trend of twins that the king has set, it will better our odds of having a daughter.
Lady Amaya: I pray that you are right my Lord.

6. The midwife was right, and the next day the Lady Amaya began labour.

7. Lord Erian’s prediction was right; she gave birth to twins. One boy and one girl. Their son and heir, Shuuhei and
their daughter, whom would be the one to marry Prince Derek, Hinamori.

8. They prepared their respective gendered children to enter the world of toddlerhood and begin their training.
Lord Erian was moving up the ranks of the Political ladder in his effort to become the mayor of Hyperia,
and the one whom would have direct contact with the king. He would use that connection to assure his
daughter’s future as the next queen.

9. Shuuhei Kasumi Hinamori Kasumi
Scorpio Scorpio
10/7/10/3/3 9/7/9/3/1

10. Young Shuuhei was more reasonable than his sister when it came to learning his basic skills of talking,
walking, and learning the potty. He seemed to prefer his mother over his father and that pleased Amaya, but
not Erian so much. His son would be the one to carry on his name and he was not about to let him become
weak in the eyes of his opponents.

11. His daughter Hinamori had more of a stubborn streak than her brother, Lord Erian knew that she would
be very persuasive when it came time to plead her case to the prince to choose her as his bride, this pleased
him. She would do their family proud when she became queen.

12. Lord Erian made sure to impress upon his young son
that carrying on the name of Kasumi was important.
Though Shuuhei was too young to really understand
his father’s words, he did understand their importance
to a certain extent.

13. Lady Amaya wanted to bond with her daughter
while she was young. She had things she needed to
learn as well, and some of those things can only be
taught by a girl’s mother. Teaching her skills such as
needlepoint and sewing would greatly help her out
when she became queen and increase her value to her
future husband.

14. Taking a break from child training, Lord Erian also knew of how important it was to maintain ties with
other Noble families, even if that family happened to be the one he was trying to unsettle from the king’s favour.
Maintaining appearances was also key to becoming a successful politician. Lord Diamos had connections with
the king, and if Lord Erian could get in good with Lord Diamos he could use that to get closer to the king.

15. Lord Diamos: So you’re making a bid for a political seat in the king’s court?
Lord Erian: Yes, and I was wondering if you could use some of your sway with the king on my behalf. It
would be in both our best interests.
Lord Diamos: I see. So that was why you asked me to come here today. And how would this benefit me?
Lord Erian: Diamos, may I call you Diamos? Do not make it sound as if I have a hidden agenda here, I am
merely doing my civic duty to the kingdom.
Lord Diamos: No, you may not call me Diamos. We are not on that level of familiarity yet.

16. Lord Erian bit back a scathing remark, it appeared that Lord Diamos was not about to let him get
chummy with him just yet, that would take some work still. Which suited him just fine, he was not afraid
of a challenge.
Lord Erian: As you wish. But pray tell, will you vouch for me?
Lord Diamos: I’ll think about it
Lord Erian: I shall be truly grateful if you could.

17. After Lord Diamos left, Lady Amaya came to inform her husband that she was with child once again. He was
delighted to see her glowing, it went along with his plans perfectly.
Lord Erian: I am thrilled my love, this is working out better than I had hoped.
Lady Amaya: All goes well then?
Lord Erian: Yes, all is going well. Soon I will be mayor and we can begin.
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18. The third Noble house was that of the Trace family. Usually neutral in the politics of the kingdom, this house
was fairly new and had not yet formed any particular affiliations with anyone yet.

19. Lord Thai Trace was also an unusual Noble; preferring to keep a consort around rather than a wife. His
consort Maia would be the one whom would bear his heirs, but she would not be the only one he would have
eyes for. His fondest wish was to woo 20 ladies at the same time, it was not usually done so openly however, it
was to be expected of one in a position of class such as he was to take on many lovers.

20. To minimize the scandal, Maia would never learn of his other lovers. To maintain appearances of course, and
to make sure that the king especially did not know.

21. Diamos: Ani-Mei never said there was another simself joining us here, did she tell you about
keeping in character?
Thai: I got the jist of it yeah. But I make no promises.
Diamos: Err, right. But no fourth-wall breakage and no using simself powers. Can’t have that.
Thai: Sure.

22. Later that night…
Ani-Mei: So much for not breaking character…good thing Maia has no clue.

23. Thai: You sure I can’t have one little fling with you? Please?
Ani-Mei: No. Rules are rules and since the only woo-hoo is Try for Baby here, I would
think you’d worry about that more. Now stay in character…
Thai: You make the life of a Romancer way harder than it has to be here…
Ani-Mei: …

24. Well if rules were rules…he wasn’t going to complain really. Only because he was going to get the chance to
have those 20 lovers, what more could he ask for?

25. Lover #2: Marie Mazza, Pizza Delivery girl.

26. Next Day: Lover #3 Marie, Officer Marie.

27. Lord Thai’s trysts did not interfere with his duty to the kingdom and to sire an heir. Maia remained oblivious,
distracted by her new condition. It allowed him more time to indulge in his wants and desires.

28. Lord Thai did remember to ensure that his heir
would be legally able to carry on the name despite
it being against his better judgements. Laws were
laws after all; to be a legal heir, the parents had
to be wed.

29. Lover #4: Danielle Lillard
Lover #5: Sandy Fairchild

30. Lady Maia gave birth to their first child, a girl. Her father was not present at the time so it fell to her mother
to name her, Maia named her daughter Kindle. She took after her father with the same dark locks, but she
inherited her mother’s eyes.

31. The night of Kindle’s birth saw Lover #6,
Nicki Zhang and a trip to Nerissa’s
Raiments saw the beginnings of Lover #7,
Melissa Fancey. All the while Lord Thai
has managed to keep his secret lovers from
his wife.

32. Lord Thai: Let’s get started on that son shall we?
Maia: You read my mind.
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33. And here ends the Week 1 rotations. Four families equals one community lot, and with transition clothing
being one of my pet peeves, they get a clothing store. Most other BaCC writers do a stats card at the end of
one week’s rotation so here’s mine so far:
# of Families: 4
# of Playables: 15
Population: (1x15=15)
# of Fires: 0
# of Robberies: 0
I think that’s right, I have never done this before.