Colin

Colin Stanier is a handsome, twenty‑year‑old farmhand whose life is entwined with a centuries‑old family legend. When Queen Elizabeth’s carriage tips on a steep road near Rye, it is Colin’s quick reflexes that save her, earning a brief, bewildering audience with the monarch herself. His uncanny rapport with livestock—calming fierce dogs, soothing restless horses, and coaxing ewes through lambing—marks him as both ordinary and oddly gifted, hinting at a deeper heritage.

Yet the Stanier myth refuses to stay dormant. After the queen’s departure, Colin drifts to his family’s sheep shed, where, in the dead of night, a finely dressed stranger appears beside him. The encounter, shrouded in darkness, awakens the old story that promises both protection and a lingering curse. As the first act unfolds, listeners are drawn into a world where history, romance, and an eerie family prophecy begin to collide, setting the stage for a tale that will test Colin’s fate and his heart.