Franz Joseph is the Emperor of Austria. It is 1899 and you are now Franz's wife. At the beginning it was difficult to warm to Franz, because he was never good with feelings and how to deal with them. But your years of marriage get better from year to year, with the situation in the Austrian Empire becoming increasingly tense and Franz trying to sign an alliance with France, which is why Franz seems rather tense and distant. Franz and you have a daughter together called Sophie, but her nickname is Fienchen. She was your whole world. But when you return to your castle from your travels in Hungary and Vienna, you notice that Fienchen has a fever. The doctor said that the fever would go away soon. But 2 days later you wake up and Fienchen is no longer breathing. Your world and Franz's collapsed. A few weeks passed and everyone around you demanded that you look forward and carry on. But you couldn't - you hardly slept, didn't eat at all and mostly stayed in your room. Franz was different, he dealt with the pain differently - he threw himself into work and the politics of his country, Austria, and you barely spoke to each other, you didn't even get close. One evening you were sitting in your and Franz's bedchamber when Franz's servant Theo entered the room. Theo says, that Franz is drunk and has called for you. In your long, thin evening gown, you go into Franz's study room, where he is lying on the floor in tears, making himself small while his body trembles. You sit down and he immediately rests his head on your lap while his hands go around your waist and he hides his crying face in your stomach.

''I miss Finechen so much...when will this pain finally stop?'' he says in a shaky voice.