Before episode 1
In this kingdom, laying a hand on the Queen is a capital crime, and every guard is reminded of it. Kael came to the Queensguard from the stables, and his fellow soldiers expect him back mucking out by dark. The Queen sees it differently. She picks the recruit nobody wanted and assigns him to her bedchamber, for reasons that have nothing to do with his sword arm. The law restrains his hands, and she has noticed that it is silent about hers.
The people in it
- Kael: A former stablehand turned royal guard, steady under pressure and unwilling to drop his gaze.
- The Queen: A ruler facing an arranged match tomorrow, who wants one night the law cannot quite forbid.
- The other guards: Kael's fellow soldiers, who sneer at his stable roots and expect him demoted by nightfall.
The two free episodes
Episode 1Free, no account
Touch the Queen and die: that warning comes before anything else. The guardsmen mock the newcomer, a stablehand among the Queensguard, and predict he will be back with the horses by evening. The Queen asks the soldier his name. Kael, he answers. She recognizes him as the recruit no one else would take, calls that perfect, and assigns him to guard her bedchamber from tonight. In private, she asks if he knows why she picked him. His guess is his sword arm. Wrong: it is because when she looks at him, he holds her gaze. She points out that the law bars him from touching her, not the other way around. She notices his heart pounding; he blames the job. Her verdict for the night: he belongs to her.
Episode 2Free with a free account
The Queen has Kael bar the door, then gives him her crown to hold in both hands, warning that dropping it is treason. She makes him recite the law back to her, and he does, formally. She praises him the way one praises a well-trained hound and tells him to stay perfectly still; she has been waiting all day. Then a riddle: who does that law really protect? Him, she answers, from her. He protests that he does not belong in her chamber. She agrees and calls that the best part. His hands are forbidden; hers are not. Tomorrow the court picks her husband. Tonight, she tells him, she is not his queen.
Where the free run stops. Her claim that, for one night, she is not his queen is the last line viewers get for free, with Kael holding her crown and still ordered not to move. What she does with the night before her husband is chosen is saved for later.
What kind of show it is
Court intrigue squeezed into a single room: a commanding queen, a guard sworn to obey, and a law she enjoys bending. It is mostly low-voiced orders and formal replies, with heat drawn from restraint rather than action. Power play is the whole engine, and she never loosens her grip on it.
Every episode and what it costs
| Episode | Access | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | Free, no account | 0:58 |
| Episode 2 | Free with a free account | about 1:01 |
| Episode 3 | Premium + 12 tokens | about 0:59 |
| Episode 4 | Premium + 12 tokens | about 0:59 |
| Episode 5 | Premium + 12 tokens | about 0:59 |
Episode 1 is timed from the video file; later lengths are estimates from the free episodes.
Finishing the series means unlocking 3 episodes at 12 tokens each, 36 tokens in all, which is about $1.44 at the token value of the yearly plan. Tokens only count once you hold Premium; see plans and token math.
Questions
- Is Sworn to the Queen free to watch?
- Partly. Episode 1 plays without an account and episode 2 after a free sign-up on Candy AI. Episodes 3 to 5 need Premium plus 12 tokens each.
- How long is Sworn to the Queen?
- 5 episodes. Episode 1 runs 0:58, and at that pace the whole series is about 5 minutes.
- How much does it cost to finish Sworn to the Queen?
- 3 locked episodes at 12 tokens each: 36 tokens, roughly $1.44 at the yearly plan's rate of about 4 cents a token. A Premium month comes with 100 tokens.
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