Soohyuk Shin

'''WARNING! Spoilers ahead, read at your own risk!''' Soohyuk Shin is one of the main characters in the King's Maker manhwa and its sequel King's Maker: Triple Crown. He's so pretty, please don't hurt your knees while falling for him.

Background
Soohyuk is the son of the minister of foreign affairs of the past king. For his beautiful features, the king picked him to be one of his children, which worried his father for the longest time. Still under the age of 15, Soohyuk had gained so much of the king's favor to the point where he'd listen to Soohyuk's words really well. Until he met Wolfgang who he thought suited best for the king, he started helping him to complete a coup d'etat. To do that, Soohyuk went as far as going against the king's words when they were supposed to sleep together (even though Soohyuk was still under the age of 15), putting him to sleep, and "give his body" to someone else other than the king as that night when he ran away from the king, Wolfgang left very noticeable marks on his neck.

The rebellion led him to be let out naked in front of the kingdom in the middle of winter. Despite being worried, his father was disappointed at his behavior, as he had gained so much of the king's attention. However, this was all supposedly part of Soohyuk's plan on making Wolfgang the next king of Goldenleonard.

Personality
Soohyuk is a very intelligent boy. He is very observant of his surrounding and quick to notice situations. In front of people, he knows his place and knows how to act-- Polite, kind, and trustworthy. Behind the curtains, he can be very manipulative with his words and he can lie without getting caught. He put all of these talents to a good use at the end.

He tends to burden himself with endless works, especially when he was promoted to be the minister of financial affairs. He doesn't like to make everyone worried, especially Wolfgang and his father. It's okay to say that Soohyuk is the strategist of Goldenleonard and a very important piece of the kingdom. He did the dirty work most of the time instead of Wolfgang by casting him aside and far from the plan, not wanting Wolfgang to be hurt.

Appearance
He has near black colored hair where the fringe is longer on is right and seen swept back over his head as well. Shin wears glasses and a black cape to show that he was a property of the king as his "children".

After the time-skip, Shin has his hair slicked back with a few strands at the front to decorate it and a pair of glasses. His glasses changes overtime because at one point, he changed it when his eyes worsened (intentionally, by Wolfgang) and it also broke when he was tortured.

King's Maker Story
Shin Soohyuk intervenes to get the king's focus off of an aggressive behaving Wolfgang. At a banquet he has his leg caressed by the king and is told to come to his chambers for him to read a fairy tale. Walking through a corridor he sees and is spoken to by Wolfgang who has entered through a window. Shin reveals his cloak marks him as the king's property. He hears the idea that Wolfgang can become king and remove the cloak for him.

Wolfgang Goldenleonard
Considering his brazen attitude Shin thought Wolfgang would not last long in the palace. At first he did not think there would be anything to gain from getting close to him, and fell in love with him for his extreme benevolence, kindness, and a hint of stupidity. <3