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alias_sqbr ([personal profile] alias_sqbr) wrote2021-12-26 06:19 pm

My Vow To My Liege Masterlist and Guide

The Chinese fantasy m/f romance visual novel My Vow To My Liege is historical RPF set in the 5th Century BC Kingdom of Ng/Wu about various real and mythical people. The protagonist is King Fuchai, now a woman cross-dressing for Reasons (to do with Evil Dragons)

Content notes: suicide, violence, incest, rape (not from LI), age gap ships, slavery, fatphobia (in the game), hurtful gender reveal, master-slave relationship, major character death, violence between love interests

Review (tl;dr: I liked it :))

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From left to right: ChenFeng, Zheng Dan, Shi YiGuang, Goujian, Wu ZiXu
The title image of My Vow To My Liege. ChenFeng has short silver hair with a little side ponytail and is wearing armour and reaching for his sword. Zheng Dan has bobbed blonde hair, wears a purple Qing style top, and has a sly smile. YiGuang has long blue hair, wears fancy swirly blue and white hanfu, and looks thoughtful. Goujian has floppy red hair, wears red armour, and looks grim. Wu ZiXu has spiky sliver hair, wears blue armour, and looks grim.

ShaoJiang:
ShaoJiang, a pretty girl with a thoughtful expression wearing tight red and orange hanfu.

Map:
A map of China

People and Places:

The Kingdom of Ng: Where the story is set.

Bopi: an old minister

ChenFeng: Ji TangYu's childhood friend and current aide.

HaLu: The former king of Ng.

Fuchai: The king, our protagonist, real name Ji TangYu. The real FuChai was her brother, now dead.

General Xu Cheng: Head of the Ng army

Ji TangYu: The protagonist, princess of Ng.

Prince GuCao: Fuchai's cousin

Shi YiGuang: Son of the former head priest and priestess, Ji TangYu's childhood friend.

Wu ZiXu/Wu Yuan: The Prime Minister

Zheng Dan: The Head Priest

The Kingdom of Qi: A nearby ally of Ng.

Gongsun Yi: An envoy from Qi

ShaoJiang: Princess of Qi, arranged fiancee of Fuchai.

Tian Heng: Traitorous minister

The Kingdom of Yue: A nearby country that was recently at war with Ng

Goujian: The former king of Yue

XiShi: a doctor

The Kingdom of Zhou: Original home of the ding of virtue


Items and non-humans

Ding (of virtue): a sacred cauldron used to forge a connection between the king and the god(s).

Phoenixes: A pair of spiritual animals

QiongQi: Cow/bird monster, traditional enemy of the white tiger

TaoTie: A goat monster, traditional enemy of the phoenixes

White Tiger: Spiritual animal, connected to the Ding
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[personal profile] schneefink 2021-12-26 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
This sounds interesting, so I'll try to avoid spoilers but look forward to hearing if it sticks the ending :)