Farcadia: A sheltered princess who's about to get more adventure than she bargained for

The tower in the southern wing of Castle Carristo houses, among other things, the bedroom of princess Farcadia Carristo, heir apparent to the throne. Contrary to popular opinion, however, she doesn't live in that tower because of her importance; it's because keeping her so high up is the best way for her father to keep from from fleeing the castle so much.

The crown princess has a grand desire to explore the world and spend time in nature, much to the chagrin of her parents and tutors. Whenever she has a lesson, a banquet, a royal appearance, or some other obligation to meet, Farcadia would rather be galavanting in the fields and woods just outside the castle walls. So much so that she's come up with a great many means to escape her duties and do just that. The castle staff could tell you of dozens of secret passageways they've had to close up or security protocols they've had to update due to her many successful escapes. But the king finally believes he has a foolproff way to keep his daughter indoors for once: Farcardia can't get outside if she's stuck hundreds of meters in the air.

Unfortunately, the king fails to account for one method of escape. While Farcadia does not have a rope or any ready means to grapple down her tower wall, she has two things that are just as good: a closet full of the finest dresses in the kingdom, and a decade of sewing instruction.

So it arrives that, on the eve of her 21st birthday celebration, Princess Farcadia descends her tower on a makeshift rope of nearly a hundred samples of royal finery. Unfortunately, she didn't have any dresses to spare after her contruction project, so if anyone was to look up at the southern end of the castle, they'd see a young woman in her corset and underwear sliding down the silk rope. Not that Farcadia minds; nature was just as easily enjoyed in one's undergarments as it was in royal garb. And it's not like she plans on mingling or anything. A quick excursion into the woods for some fun and she'll be back before anyone's the wiser. What could go wrong?