Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow. Prince Alexander has been shipwrecked on the Isle of the Crown. At dawn, the treacherous Vizier Alhazred marries Princess Cassima and seizes the Garnet Isles. Two of you, one night, one chance. You are put into the first quest with a part going, and whichever of the two is free is yours.
And when that night is over there is a shipwright at Garnet Harbor, a cutter wanting rope and four hands, and a great deal of sea nobody has charted yet.
Prince of Daventry. Strong and determined. Carries the royal signet ring. Came across the sea for Cassima.
The castle clown. Small, nimble, quick-fingered — and loyal to the princess. Nobody watches the clown's hands.