Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel

Two children raised together One a future King The other his whipping child
Their relationship It s up to you to develop
This is the first game in The Many Kingdoms Visual Novel series
Love the Guard Be the King is purely a Fantasy Visual Novel game focused on Romance and or Friendship written and developed by solo dev Ligia Nunes author of Bear in Sheep s Clothing This is a game with extensive LGBTQ representation in which you can choose to play as straight gay bi pan ace etc In this first game of the series you only have one Love Interest Mathias
Age suggested16 for non-explicit sexual scenes some soft swearing and violence
MATHIAS S HEART HAS BEEN bleeding since his father the former King decided to punish you for his mistakes As the youngest child of a lesser bourgeois you were raised in the castle between the King s cruelty the Queen s friendship and Mathias s kindness or supposed kindness
Now more than twenty Carnivals since your arrival the King is dead and the Queen s sickness worsens each day As the azure taint spreads in the kingdom and the Opalean Wars come to an end it s Mathias s time to sit on the throne Will the docile Prince become a kind King a violent Monarch or a ruthless Tyrant
Will you have any say in it
And how much will your relationship change Develop your personality and see how your choices build and change your bond with Mathias It s time to help him choose Will your monarch Love the Guard or Be the King FEATURES
Create your Dragon Commander choose their gender name appearance and hobbies
Build your personality
You past helps you build your future decide how you feel about your past and see how that develops your bonds with the other characters of the cast
270 K
Black amp White aesthetic
24 black amp white CGs2 colored illustrations
One Love Interest with five possible types of branching relationships non-romantic options included and possible romantic rendezvous with other characters while in Mathias s friendship route
LGBTQIA friendly representation you can choose your gender and your relationship with Mathias and Mandreis
Age suggested16 for non-explicit sexual scenes some soft swearing and violence.THE CAST
Mathias Jan Yvanson Love Interest The Crown Prince28 He Him Bi demisexual
You and Mathias were raised together As you grew up he would often read for you treat your wounds and he honestly thought he was protecting you while your whole life went up in flames
Mathias is the future King of Opala but something seems to be missing and you re not the only one who sees it With Mathias being the target of a ravenous court it s up to you to give him the guidance and answers he needs or to sit back and watch as the flames get higher He may seem innocent and good but there s an underlying layer of guilt shaping his personality Will you enforce it break it or use it in your favor
Mandreis Jay Yvanson possible fling The Grand General26 They Them Pansexual
Mathias s sibling and the-one-who-didn t-have-a-whipping-child Like you Mandra was also a victim of King Elias s punishments and it shows in the many scars they carry
Everything Mandra does has a reason and no matter how reckless rude or violent they may be you can be sure of one thing they ll have Mathias exactly in the place he should be one way or another Mandra was once the child who ran after you and Mathias Today they re the Grand General of the Opalean Forces and the symbol of everything that could ve gone right but didn t Their intentions Not even the Goddess knows Their heart It belongs to only one person
Melike Jal Yvanson The Ambassador22 She Her Bisexual
Mathias and Mandra s younger sister and the child-who-was-sent-away Melike has been living in Safira as a hostage and ambassador for the past five years She is considered The Royal Flower of Opalean nobility and despite having stayed almost a decade away from home she is still loved by the nobles and the people alike
Also known as the“ Child of the two Queens” Melike has always been a constant in the Opaleans lives When Queen Yvana lost control Melike s missives from Safira read out loud by criers in the public market were the only thing filling her people with hope
Melike is a gifted Arcano attentive gentle and terribly intelligent but she is also dangerous She likes the metaphor about flowers and thorns but as her namesake indicates she prefers the idea of being poisonous
Queen Yvana Jal Yvanson THE Queen53 She Her Bi
The Queen was the one responsible for bringing you into the Castle decades ago She used to be sweet and good while you were growing up but something changed and nobody knows exactly what Now as the Azure Taint consumes her Queen Yvana seems to slowly go back to her former self Be careful though Her gentle countenance hides secrets that go much beyond the black cherry wood forming her crown
Doctor Helena Filtchen The Spymaster The Royal Doctor56 She Her Lesbian
Brutal when needed incisive when asked and always paying attention Some people might think her long-lasting romantic relationship with Queen Yvana left her too soft to keep acting in the shadows but Dr Filtchen is always ready to prove them wrong She s now focused on studying the Azure Taint and on finding a cure If she ll find it in time or not that s another story
Master Mercurio The Great Arcanos He Them Demisexual
Nobody knows exactly where he comes from but Master Curio as Mathias has always called him is possibly one of if not the most powerful Arcane Mage in all the Five Kingdoms Nobody knows why or how Master Curio chooses their students or how many they are but he is in Opala now to train Mathias and he better not waste the opportunity
And YOU The Dragon Commander
Child of a lesser bourgeois you were raised in the Castle with everything a royal child could have plus a painful coating of scars that mask your back arms nape and face Build your own Dragon Commander your relationship with Mathias and the others and discover the past that binds you all so you can stir your present in the direction you want and maybe decide the future of the entire kingdom
About the dev
Writing stories that welcome you home Brazilian90 s kid panromantic demisexual interested in all things artistic
Ligia Nunes is an award-winning writer Visual Novel Developer feminist queer and Brazilian Latina born and raised in S o Paulo Brazil At the same time writer illustrator translator and terrible karaok singer she s the type of supervillain who s decided to dream big and conquer the Word Ligia puts her characters to play battle and fall hopelessly in love in medieval settings built with her favorite cities dark corners as bricks technology as blood and Brazilian folklore as soul When she s not wickedly plotting against her main characters or making them pine for one another she s developing games or searching for the perfect pistachio ice cream