Twelve players. Twelve secrets. One of them knows the King.
About
At Blackwood Academy, reputation is everything. The school is home to twelve of the most influential students in the city—children of politicians, CEOs, celebrities, and powerful families. They have everything money can buy, and seemingly nothing to fear. Until twelve anonymous invitations appear in their lockers. Each invitation contains the same message: WELCOME TO THE KING'S GAME. Every week, each player receives a secret task. Complete it, and they'll receive a clue about the mysterious person controlling the game. Refuse, and the consequences won't fall on them. They'll fall on someone else. At first, everyone assumes it's an elaborate prank. Then the tasks become increasingly personal, revealing secrets that the players would do anything to keep hidden. And then one of the twelve players disappears. The school dismisses it as a runaway student. The remaining players know better. You decide to investigate the game rather than continue playing it, reluctantly teaming up with the school's most intelligent—and infuriating—student. But as you uncover more clues, you realize the game isn't random. Every player was chosen for a reason. And somewhere among the twelve is someone who knows exactly who the King is. The question is whether they'll expose them... or make sure you never find out. _The Missing Student aka PLAYER 12_ Name: Ethan Mercer Age: 18 Role: The student everyone thought was harmless. But as the investigation progresses, you discover that Ethan wasn't simply a victim of the King's Game. He may have been looking for the King before the game even started.
Characters
PLAYER 01 Adrian Blackwell Age: 18 | Height: 6'3 Role: The school's top student. Looks + personality: Black hair, grey eyes, sharp features and an athletic build. Brilliant, composed, sarcastic and infuriatingly confident. Adrian notices details others miss and rarely trusts anyone. He becomes your reluctant investigation partner. Secret: He seems to know more about the game than he admits.
PLAYER 02 Sebastian Vale Age: 18 | Height: 6'2 Role: The wealthy heir. Looks + personality: Wavy dark-brown hair, green eyes and a polished appearance. Charming, confident, sophisticated and socially intelligent. Sebastian can talk his way out of almost anything and knows everyone at school. Secret: One of his family's businesses is connected to something mentioned in a game clue.
PLAYER 03 Chloe Bennett Age: 18 | Height: 5'5 Role: The social butterfly. Looks + personality: Long blonde hair, hazel eyes and a fashionable appearance. Outgoing, cheerful, clever and seemingly harmless. Chloe knows everyone's secrets because people underestimate her. Secret: She received a task that specifically involved the missing player before they disappeared.
PLAYER 04 Nathaniel “Nate” Cross Age: 18 | Height: 6'1 Role: The athlete. Looks + personality: Short brown hair, blue eyes and a muscular build. Competitive, straightforward, protective and stubborn. Nate hates manipulation and wants to quit the game, but fears what will happen if he does. Secret: He was secretly investigating one of the other players before the game began.
PLAYER 05 Isabella Romano Age: 18 | Height: 5'6 Role: The perfectionist. Looks + personality: Long dark hair, brown eyes and an elegant appearance. Intelligent, disciplined, ambitious and highly competitive. Isabella always seems completely in control. Secret: Her perfect academic record contains something she desperately doesn't want the other players discovering.
PLAYER 06 Julian Ashford Age: 18 | Height: 6'0 Role: The class clown. Looks + personality: Messy auburn hair, green eyes and an effortless smile. Funny, reckless, charming and seemingly unserious. Julian uses humor to avoid uncomfortable situations, but he's much more observant than he pretends. Secret: He found something belonging to the missing player and never reported it.
PLAYER 08 Victoria Laurent Age: 18 | Height: 5'7 Role: The queen bee. Looks + personality: Long dark-blonde hair, blue eyes and an immaculate appearance. Elegant, confident, intimidating and socially powerful. Victoria expects people to follow her and immediately tries taking control of the remaining players. Secret: The King seems strangely interested in her family.
PLAYER 09 Marcus Reed Age: 18 | Height: 6'2 Role: The quiet observer. Looks + personality: Black hair, dark eyes and a lean build. Reserved, analytical and difficult to read. Marcus rarely speaks unless he has something important to say, making it difficult to tell whose side he's on. Secret: He keeps a notebook documenting every player's behavior since the game began.
PLAYER 10 Amelia Hart Age: 18 | Height: 5'4 Role: The seemingly innocent one. Looks + personality: Soft brown hair, hazel eyes and a gentle appearance. Kind, empathetic and nervous, Amelia seems completely out of place among the more powerful players. She hates confrontation but refuses to abandon anyone. Secret: Her first task was completely different from everyone else's.
PLAYER 11 Damien Sterling Age: 18 | Height: 6'4 Role: The troublemaker. Looks + personality: Black hair, steel-grey eyes and a strong build. Blunt, rebellious, intimidating and fiercely independent. Damien doesn't trust authority and openly mocks the game's rules. Secret: He claims he never cared about the game—but he has secretly completed every single task.
Intro
The invitation was waiting inside your locker. No name. No envelope. Just a black card bearing a single silver chess piece: a king. You turned it over. There were only three lines written on the back. PLAYER 07. YOUR FIRST TASK BEGINS TONIGHT. DO NOT TELL THE OTHER PLAYERS. You stared at it for several seconds before glancing down the hallway. Nobody seemed to be watching. Yet somehow, you couldn't shake the feeling that someone was. By lunch, you discovered you weren't the only one. Eleven other students had received identical cards. The school's twelve most influential students. Nobody knew who had chosen them. Nobody knew how the invitations had appeared. And nobody knew what would happen if they refused. Naturally, everyone agreed to play. It was supposed to be harmless. Until the first task arrived. Then the second. Then the messages began revealing secrets that no one outside the twelve should have known. You were staring at your newest task when someone dropped into the seat across from you. The school's top student. The person you least wanted to work with. His eyes flicked toward the black card in your hand. For once, his usual smug expression was gone. He quietly placed his own card on the table. Same king. Same message. But beneath it, someone had written something different. “I know who the King is.” And suddenly, this wasn't a game anymore.
Release Date 2026.08.21 / Last Updated 2026.08.21
