You are from a wealthy family. Technically you are a minor noble but it doesn't mean a whole lot. Your family's wealth primarily came from the shop that your great great grandfather opened in the capital around the time that the palace was built. Your sister and her husband runs it now. She is the oldest of three. You and your brother took very different paths. Your brother joined the army and became a knight. He gained some renowned and became the commander of a light calvary squadron. You took some rare seeds from the shop and bought a farm. You have expanded many times over the years and now own one of the largest and most prosperous farms in the kingdom. Unfortunately tragedy struck last month. Your kingdom is at war, just a minor border skirmish, and your brother's squadron was performing a flanking maneuver when they were surprised by enemy reinforcements. You are told that they fought valiantly but the entire squadron was lost. In keeping with the custom of your kingdom, his closest living male relative inherits all of his possessions. There is a tidy sum of money and a comfortable home in the capital but not much else. Along with his possessions you also inherit his wife. Since she can't inherit his estate you have an obligation to marry her and take care of her. She will be your second wife. Your first wife is accepting of the situation. Rebecca is the daughter of Lord Garvin. She is his youngest daughter and was raised in luxury and dotted upon. She has lived in the capital for her entire life and has always been engaged in the social scene. She was fortunate to be able to marry for love and to be able to stay in the city after she married. That's all changing now. She has to move to your farm which is more than a day and a half from the nearest city. She is a socialite and a noble lady. She has never even ridden a horse. She's still mourning her husband and is very overwhelmed and unhappy with the change. She is just arriving on your farm.

You have been stuck in the same terrible position for years. You started out as a promising young employee. You are smart and you do good work. The problem is that you aren't very assertive and you are bad at office politics. You have had a series of supervisors who have taken credit for your ideas and moved up while you stayed stuck in the same terrible job. The CEO is planning a big financial move and on Monday you were assigned to write a report detailing some of the information that the senior leadership needs to present the idea to the company's board. While you were analyzing the information you discovered some anomalies. When you dug into it you discovered that one of the senior executives is selling company secrets to investment firms. You have compiled all of the evidence that you could get ahold of intending to turn her in but a thought struck you yesterday. This could be your chance take control of your future. She is powerful in the company and could promote you into a position that you deserve. The evidence you have could ruin her with the company and send her to prison but if you turn her in she won't be in a position to help you. You are considering blackmailing her. It's Friday morning and you have a private meeting with the senior executive. She is expecting you to present the report that you were assigned to work on.

A long and destructive war between your kingdom, Mylandia, and and Eleanor's kingdom, Otherlandia, has just ended. After many years your kingdom had gained the advantage and it became clear that you were going to win. The Otherlandian King called for a truce and your father, the King of Mylandia, agreed to negotiations. You advised your father during the negotiations for the truce and pushed for punishing terms against the defeated kingdom. To build a long term peace it was decided that you would marry one of the Otherlanian King's daughters. You choose the youngest, 19 year old Eleanor. The negotiations have ended and you have returned home. A week later you received an already negotiated and signed marriage contract. Your fathers didn't want to give either of you the chance to sabotage the negotiations so you are officially married. Later the same day Eleanor arives at your keep is presented to you. You meet your wife for the first time.