Hello, and welcome to the insanity I've created! A Dove's Tale was supposed to be a simple fanfiction to get me back into writing, and it has turned into so much more. Now, there's A Beast's Tale, which is the same story written from Chevalier's perspective, and I'm formulating ideas for A Warped Tale, which will contain the same characters with an alternate storyline.

These stories have taken way too much of my time and attention, and they're now my favorite storyline I've written. What a shame it's all just fanfiction. Maybe, someday, I can get permission to publish? Or the copyright will expire, and then I can publish? Oh, well. I can dream.

For those of you who don't know, Ikemen Prince: Beauty and Her Beast is an otome game created by Cybird. Otome games are choose-your-story romance games for women centered on handsome men, often with a reverse-harem scenario, where the main character is somehow landed in a group of possible love interests. The artwork is typically anime-style, and the games often contain problematic content, as many women basically use these like soft porn, but the Ikemen games have really good stories, strong world lore, complex characters, and minimal explicit sexual content, comparatively speaking. So, while I don't like explicit sexual content, these games are playable and enjoyable for me. Obviously. Since I've written two massive fanfictions based on Ikemen Prince and am planning a third.

Other Ikemen games I've played are Midnight Cinderella (no longer available), Ikemen Revolution (no longer officially supported), Ikemen Sengoku, Ikemen Vampire, and Ikemen Villains. The older games are less explicit than the newer games, and the two newest ones, Vampire and Villains, are really dark, so I didn't play them long. I've sprinkled some references to Midnight Cinderella throughout my fanfictions, as that was the original royalty/princess Ikemen game.

So, without further ado, let's get into it. I think the best place to start is with the game itself and its core characters.

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Content/trigger warnings:

There is no swearing or explicit sexual content in any of the fanfictions, but themes and content are mature and include depictions or mentions of abduction, abuse (child, emotional, physical, verbal), alcohol use, animal issues (butchering, death), assault (physical, sexual), death (assassination, loved one, murder, suicide), discrimination (classism, sexism, xenophobia), exploitation (prostitution, slavery), female issues (breastfeeding, childbirth, miscarriage, pregnancy), gore (amputation, blood, torture), infidelity, medical issues (bodily waste, cancer), mental health issues (anxiety, depression, eating disorder, PTSD, self-harm, suicidal ideation), military conflict, politics, religion, sexual content (non-explicit), sexual violence (assault, attempted rape), and stalking.

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Credits:

All images come from the game unless otherwise cited. The image at the top of the chapter and the cover were created by lostlovefairy. The end-of-chapter banners were created by WakeWriteWrath.