[ WP ] You are a consort to the king of a kingdom at war . The king goes off to battle , but does n't return . After the battle , two priests from a nearby shrine ask you to help them identify the king 's body on the battlefield .

`` Will you help us?'' The white-robed men had asked. `` Will you help us to find your husband's body?'' 
 
 His *body. * His cold, pale, ghastly corpse - no doubt covered in blood. *His* blood. The blood of this enemies. His soldiers. His comrades... 
 
 `` No,'' the Queen whispered - more to herself than to the two men who stood before her - `` No, I can not! I could not bear to see him-'' 
 
 *Dead... * He *can't* be dead... 
 
 The Queen's knobby, white-knuckled hands tightened around the armrests of her throne. She stared down, at her dress, at the great stone steps, at *anything* that was not the empty throne beside her. 
 
 `` Please!'' The elder priest begged her, falling to his knees. `` *Please, * give us your aid! It is only right that we bring the King back to his castle, so that he may be properly buried and given peace. You are the only one who can help us to identify him!'' 
 
 The King had always been a very stern and solitary man. Rarely did he ever leave his study. Always plotting and planning and worrying... and drinking. He never let anyone inside, with the exception of his Queen, and when someone wished to speak to him, the Queen spoke in his stead. His face was known only to *her. * 
 
 She was the only person in the kingdom who could identify him, and she knew it... 
 
 The Queen inhaled a shaky breath. `` I have no choice...'' she told herself. `` The people need to see their king one last time.'' 
 
 *Inhale... Exhale... Be* **strong**, *because you are Queen, and you must. * 
 
 `` Alright,'' the Queen spoke at last, rising from her throne unsteadily. A mixture of relief and sorrow spread across the faces of the white-robed priests. 
 
 `` I'll do it. I'll help you find him...'' 
 
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 ( ( Note: I used the following definition of `` consort'': a wife, husband, or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch. ) ) 
 ( ( Also, this is my first try at anything on this subreddit. ) )
