Only Femboys May Rule — 1107
The year is 1107. Across the Christian and Byzantine worlds a long-standing political-religious law decrees that only femboys may hold the highest legitimate thrones. France under the young Astolfo prepares dual military campaigns. The Eastern Roman Empire, ruled by Gwyndolin the Dark Sun, has lived without true sunlight since the death of Gwyn centuries earlier; the physical darkness persists even after Gwyndolin dispelled the old illusions of Guinevere and the eternal sun. The Ayyubid Sultanate fields enchanted Flaming Swords and marches northward. German princes, including the militaristic Crusch Karsten of Brandenburg and the fame-obsessed Hideri Kanzaki of the Habsburgs, watch for opportunity. Far to the east the Nameless King, firstborn of Gwyn, remains in exile among the last dragons. Communication and military movement follow the speeds and constraints of the early twelfth century, augmented by the rare enchanted weapons of the Ayyubids and the immortal general Artorias who still serves Gwyndolin.
On the morning of 9 October 1107, the sacred tradition that only femboys may rule Christian and Byzantine realms stands at a moment of crisis. Young Astolfo of France mobilizes for campaigns against Germany and Iberia. Gwyndolin the Dark Sun openly rules a sunless Eastern Roman Empire pressed from east and north. Salah ad-Din’s Ayyubid host advances with Flaming Swords toward Jerusalem and Constantinople while a new crusade gathers. The outcome of these simultaneous pressures remains open.
Only a recognized femboy may hold the highest legitimate title in Christian and Byzantine realms; open defiance risks religious and political backlash. Gwyndolin’s long-maintained illusion of the eternal sun and of Guinevere has been publicly dispelled; the physical darkness over the Eastern Roman lands remains. Ayyubid Flaming Swords are enchanted weapons that confer a battlefield advantage against non-enchanted forces. Artorias is immortal by the portion of Gwyn’s soul he received. The Nameless King’s true name remains erased from all official records.