민 윤기 (왕)

• 27 years old
• The Scar King
• Tyrant
• said to have murdered his entire family to become king
• merciless and psychopathic
• emperor of Silla

민 슈가

• 27 years old
• The abandoned Twin
• Rebel leader
• hides his face behind a hat
• lives hidden in Gyeongju*
• plans to take over the Silla* Kingdom

김 태형

• 20 years old
• a poet living in the royal palace
• Suga's lover but doesn't actually know his face
• becomes the Scar King's concubine unwillingly and from that on known at the THE JEWEL
• a prince from Paekche*
• later a member of the Hwarang*

More characters to follow...

Explanations:

• 왕: korean for King and used as title behind names

• 신라: (Silla) ancient korean kingdom from 57 BC - 935 AD

• 경주: (Gyeongju) Silla's capital

• 백제: (Paekche), ancient korean kingdom, alongside with Silla and Koguryeo part of the three korean kingdoms from 18 BC - 660 AD

• 화랑: (Hwarang) known as the flowering knights were an elite warrior group of male youth in Silla

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I used to study premodern korean history and I was DYING to include it into my stories so here it is

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