#I’m particularly fond of this AU because back in 2014 I cosplayed this with a good friend

[nalidyne]

Obligatory Cardverse AU hehe.

The Land of Spades have always been reigned by a Matriarchy. The title of Queen of Spades passed from mother to daughter for generations until Queen Elizabeth's premature death.

Princess Arthur is her only heir and at the age of 10 he’s forced to take the throne. The last wish of his mother was for him to be raised and taught like all Queens before him, despite of his gender.

At the dawn of his 25th birthday Queen Arthur still hasn’t find a proper Prince to marry. Kings purpose in Spades is to be strong enough to defend the kingdom and to give the Queen a heiress. By the rules of Spades a Tournament has to be held to find a new King, anyone strong enough to beat the castle Knights in swordfight can partecipate.

The Queen is torn by his responsabilities to find a Prince and not being able to fall in love and have a merry wedding like in the fairytales he used to read.

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Amelia was chosen as Arthur’s chaperone when they were both kids, mainly because of her mother’s work with the royals as a blacksmith.

She’s the only friend the Queen was ever allowed to have and knows all about his worries for the future. Their relationship was always very close growing up, until Amelia stats to crush on Arthur and out of respect for his duty as a Queen decides to leave the castle to find a purpose elsewhere.

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The day of the Tournament finally arrives, many men try to fight for the throne and many fails. Until a mysterious traveler challenges the Queen himself.

Not many knows but Arthur is an excellent swordfighter, probably the best in all Spades.

Intrigued by the person in armor he accepts and fights them, only to be defeated by his childhood friend Amelia now all grown up.

((This was pretty long from my usual stuff sorry;;; I craved buff Prince Amelia x twink Queen Arthur so I made my own. The oufits I drew are extra fancy because I was imagining the coronation scene,,,))