Episode 1

## Chapter Link

Ep.1

**Episode 1**, titled "**The King Returns**", is the 1st episode of Cursed Princess Club.

## Synopsis

*The Pastel Kingdom's royal family is introduced when the King comes back home from a long voyage.*

## Characters

*Characters are linked in order of appearance. First appearances will be in bold.*

* **Syrah** (name introduced later on in the story), the long-nosed one
* **Renée** (name introduced later on in the story), the one with a stitched mouth
* **Jolie** (name introduced later on in the story), the one without eyes
* **Prez** (name introduced later on in the story), the one with star-shaped earrings
* **Monika** (name introduced later on in the story), the one who's a crow
* **Thermidora** (name introduced later on in the story), the one with lobster pinchers for hands
* **King Jack**
* **Princess Maria**
* **Princess Lorena**
* **Prince Jamie**
* **Princess Gwendolyn**

## Music

CPC OST vol. 1

* Track 01 "Cursed Princess Club Overture"
* Track 02 "Return to the Pastel Kingdom"

## Location

**Pastel Kingdom**

* Haunted Forest
* Pastel Palace
	+ Maria's bedroom
	+ bedroom
	+ bedroom
	+ bedroom

## Story

### Introduction

In what appears to be a **Haunted Forest**, there is an abandoned castle where ladies seem to be getting ready and checking their outfits for a party in the evening. Their leader notices that a stranger seems to be approaching them, so the ladies decide to greet her.

### The King Returns

**King Jack** and his troop arrive at his castle, the **Pastel Palace** after an expedition in the **Pastel Kingdom**. After exclamations with a royal parade, the king decides to climb up the stairs of his palace to greet his children.

First, King Jack goes to the bedroom of his eldest daughter, Princess Maria, to greet her. When he enters her room, a lot of animals are combing her hair, including bluebirds, a deer, a rat, a squirrel and a cat. The King informs her to meet him downstairs when she is ready.

Next, the King goes to greet the second eldest daughter, **Princess Lorena**, in her bedroom. After they talk about the flowers that appear behind her, he asks her to meet him downstairs.

After that, the King had originally thought he was visiting his youngest daughter, Princess Gwendolyn, but, in fact, he was actually visiting the bedroom of his only son, **Prince James**. The king asks him to play chess soon.

King Jack then goes to wake up the actual **Princess Gwendolyn**, who had a rat and an opossum stuck on her head. The end of the episode shows the king helping Princess Gwendolyn free her opossum from her hair.

## Episode credits

* Art, writing and music by LambCat
* Edited by Eunice Baik

## Gallery

The prologue.The Webtoon version of the CPC members' first appearance.The book version of CPC members appearance; Jolie's pose is changed pose, as she is now holding her dress instead.The King returns.Princess Maria's bedroom.A side view of Princess Maria's bedroom.Princess Lorena is awake.Prince Jamie is awake.Prince Jamie's bedroom.Princess Gwendolyn is awake.A side view of Princess Gwendolyn's bedroom.
## Notes & Trivia

* The mysterious princesses at the beginning of the episode are not given names until a few episodes later.
* According to this episode:
	+ Princess Maria says that her room is on the top floor, and informs King Jack that she doesn't know how the animals get to her room, since her window is also closed.
	+ Princess Lorena has flowers that grow wherever she sleeps.
	+ Prince Jamie sleeps in the nude in his bedroom.
	+ Unlike his sisters, King Jack calls his son James.
	+ Princess Maria is 18, Princess Lorena is 17, Prince Jamie is 16, and Princess Gwendolyn is 16.
* Prince Jamie's bedroom and Princess Gwendolyn's bedroom are most likely close to each other, since the Pastel King thinks Prince Jamie's bedroom is the bedroom of Princess Gwendolyn.
* The Pastel King getting disoriented in the castle and thinking that it is big is a running gag.