Welcome to Royal Quest! An Intro and current info 1/10

Salutations! You are Carnelian Charade, the young queen of the kingdom of Stella. You were born into being a Duchess of the Rosen family, side by side with your best friend and personal guard Fringe Flake. You came into power when the old king, Divine Spark, passed away of old age, and while you've had to adjust to all the responsibility you feel you're doing a good job so far since your coronation.

You've since joined with Bloody Chalice as your royal consort, with a few nights of monogamous passion leading you to become pregnant with your first foal, who will grow up to lead the Bloodroyal Family, ruling over a not so distant island in the eastern sea. Recently you hatched a dragon you've named Camellia, a mix between gem-eater and old grove types. But this land is born in blood, and with plotting tribals to the north, clever warlords to the south, pirates dominating the seas to the east, and wild desert to the west, you certainly have your work cut out to keep the peace!

Currently, you've just returned to the main halls of the castle after exploring an older, unused section of the castle. You have much to do and many ponies to meet this week, and you're going to be on the way to the throne room to meet with the representatives of other lands for trade negotiations, as well as other visitors and the royal treasurer. For now though, you have a bit more time before you'll need to be there...



Current Character:

Carnelian Charade: Crystal Pony, began as Duchess, appointed as heir to the throne by the former king Divine Spark on his deathbed

Starting stats:
Aged 15 in the year 270
Body 2
Mind 4
Charm 3

Now, more about you, and what you're like at this time...

Current: Year 272, Month 9
(In-quest, about 2 1/2 years since start of quest, spring 270)

Aged 18

Body 	7
Wit   	7
Charisma	8
(Average aptitude score for an unpracticed adult pony is a score of 5, great proficiency at 10, and near-mastery at 15)
Sanity 100%

Status:
Currently healthy, pregnant with first child with Bloody Chalice as of year two month 6, Bloody's family law dictates that the first born will become Bloodroyal

Personal inventory: Dragon eggshell & Silver earrings [??? effect], Sombra (dagger, catalyst for magic, slight combat advantage, +15% Assassination Chance[On Target], +5 to Plot Power), Royal silver crown [affixed with glittering jewels], Dragon Steel Sword (+10% combat effectiveness, Improves chance to Wound opponent in Duel), Family Rose pendant (+5 any rolls involving bloodline), Sleek layered dress (+5 plot power and bartering power in rolls, impresses the nobles), Fancy black netting dock piercing (allure enchantment, +10 bonus to attention and seduction rolls), black shoes, strength broach [+1 body]

Traits:
Dragonhearted II (+1 Wit, +3 charisma, +3 body, greedy)
Bonded (bonded to Camellia, her urges and feelings will affect your judgement and take a roll to resist)
Dragon Belly (You can eat and digest meat, minerals, and gems with no penalty)
Studied (+1 wit; +1% to dragon knowledge rolls)
Kind (guard perception)
Thespian(+10 to Acting, Disguise, and Speech rolls. +1 Charisma, +1 Wit, +1 Body)
Pregnant (slight disadvantage in combat, -1 Charisma)
Patron of Beauty (+2 Charisma, +20 Fertility Chance, +5 for offspring to receive good genetic traits)
Fashion sense (Gain small bonuses or penalties depending on what you're wearing and how fashionable it is)
Keen learner (+ 5 to rolls concerning science or engineering)
Swift Hooves (+10 to pickpocket, sleight-of-hoof, and hoof agility checks, can perform tricks and trick boops)

Items not equipped (stored in royal bedchambers): Silver dock piercing, Fancy sweater (Kind aura, -3 to intimidation rolls), Light armor ([sparkle enchantment]+2 to attack rolls, +10 to defense rolls, -5 to sneak, -15 to sneak rolls, positive bonus to heroic deeds or performances effect when visible), Custom Generals outfit (+5 to intimidate rolls, boosts troop morale and unity, constant low intimidation effect), Regal dress (Historic and traditional, + public opinion passive effect), Sleek layered dress (+5 plot power and bartering power in rolls, impresses the nobles), Ursa major gem, book bag (Uncompleted: Poor Little White Unicorn, Miss Gleaming Gets Bat'd, Agrippa [Open condition:???], Zyzmia and The Tentacle Friend, Fluttering Hearts, Night of The Bucking Breeders, Dark Miracles, Divine politics III, Dragons of the grove, + other books), antique sun motif earrings, unlocked wood puzzle box

Loaned items:
Gem horn (Used by Frigid flake)


Castle areas:
Throne room
Dining hall
Kitchen
Grand hallway
Royal library
Royal wizards chamber
Guard barracks
Servants quarters
Royal bedchambers (With private bathroom)
Garden (Within walls of castle in central area, you've made plans to plant a pomegranate tree soon))
Abandoned area 1 (Semi-underground, down spiral staircase at end of curved unused service hall, partially explored, appears to be an older obsolete kitchen)
Spymistrisses office (Located in one of the castles high towers)
Dungeon (Equipped as sex dungeon, not currently holding anypony, +1 Fertility when using dungeon, 50/50 chance of Becoming Lustful)
Office of the master of the hunt (Nymphesker's chamber when not out on duty)

Things on your mind when in the throne room:
>Art commissions?
>Currency
>Public works
>Approach other nations or groups for trade
>Seafort update?
>Wormtounge successor
>Plans for royal birth
>Call an early meeting with somepony
>Summon a pony not in the capital
>Invite minor nobles to speak
>Other

Current military and guard ranks for reference:
>You're still at the very top, with your generals right below you (And eventfully admirals when your navy is running)
>Below that will be the lieutenant generals, Inquisitors & colonels, lieutenant colonels, brigadiers, majors & centurions, combat specialty masters & chiefs, officers & Ponies-at-hooves, captains, lieutenants, combat specialty ranks, sergeants, and privates, with recruits at the very bottom
>For the royal force, you'll start to sort them into their own ranks; Paladins (Equivalent to colonel), knights (to majors), jacks (to officers), squires (to specialist), pages (to privates), and vassals


Kingdom areas/architecture/features (Capital travel):
Obsidrius Spire:  a large spiraling obelisk, seeming placed in the middle of nowhere, was a great conduit that ponies often visited to gain wisdom (???), further south as accessed by roads outside the fortification of the capital
>Inventors guild: Tech advancements
>Magic guild: magic advancements
>Ice cream parlor
>Lumpia shop
>Hayburger dive
>Public gardens
>Hayhenny bridge
>River docks
>Town square
>Public courts
>Theater
>Temple of harmony