The Royal Masquerade Theory Page



Welcome to the The Royal Masquerade series Theory Page. This is a place where you can discuss confirmed, debunked, and unconfirmed theories about the The Royal Masquerade series.

Current & Unconfirmed Theories

 * Pure romance story: This book might be mostly about romance due to the official summary and the possible connection to The Royal Romance. However, chapters 1 and 2 introduce your character having to form alliances with other houses and the queen being assassinated without a will that appoints who will rule Cordonia after her death.
 * Your Character's background: After the revelation that Your Character was adopted without knowledge of who her parents were, some players were reminded of Dom's background story and theorized that at some point of the story, she will find out about her biological parents. It is even theorized that her parents were actually nobles.

Confirmed Theories

 * Gender-Locked: With the recent surge in gender-locked stories as of late, it's possible that this book will be gender-locked as well. Especially considering there have been no historical fiction books released to date with gender options. This is confirmed when Pixelberry announced in several posts on social media on which stories they're working on.
 * Related to The Royal Romance and The Crown & The Flame: With this book to be set in Cordonia, and the Royal Romance series also being set in Cordonia, some believe they will share the same universe. This was confirmed by Pixelberry prior to the release and in the first two chapters.
 * Since Cordonia is the modern version of the five kingdoms featured in The Crown & The Flame, the same counts for this series as well. This was confirmed in the first two chapters since there are also fantasy elements.
 * Ancestors of The Royal Romance Characters: It is believed that the ancestors of The Royal Romance characters will be shown and will get to play the ancestor of one of them. This was confirmed by Pixelberry prior to the release when they revealed Maxwell Beaumont's ancestor Percival who bears a strong resemblance to Maxwell.
 * On a similar note, it is believed that characters from The Crown & The Flame will be reused and altered, similarly to how Raydan's appearance was used to create Bastien, and that we will get to see descendants of characters from said series. That is confirmed as Vassilios Nevrakis's appearance is used for a Nevrakis herold and not for a person outside the House Nevrakis.
 * Reused Faces: Due to the trend of many new Choices books reusing character faces, some fans believe that this book will do the same, but with a catch. Fans believe that they will reuse characters from The Royal Romance series, which will be written as ancestors. This theory has gained traction due to a teaser released on October 7th 2019 featuring a character that looks very similar to Maxwell. This is confirmed along with the previous theory. Additionally, Vassilios Nevrakis's appearance is used for a Nevrakis herold.
 * Queen Kendra: After Queen Charlotte's mention of a queen Kendra of Cordonia in Desire & Decorum, Book 3, players theorize that this is meant as tease for this story with Kendra being a character in it. This is confirmed in Chapter 1.
 * Customizible love interest gender: Due to a character being portrayed as male in one of the ads and as female in another ad, it is believed that we will be able to choose at least one love interest's gender. This is confirmed by Pixelberry when they revealed via sneak peaks prior to the release that both Hunter and Kayden are customizable.
 * Cyrus and Theodosia: Since there can be two instances in Chapter 2 which contain descriptions of Theodosia being interested in Cyrus and her denying it when she feels it being noticed by Your Character, it is believed that the two either have a secret relationship or that there will be the option to matchmake them later in the story. In Chapter 4, it's confirmed that they have a secret affair with Cyrus having promised to marry her in order to get her support.