A modern-day historian accidentally travels back in time to medieval Europe, where they must outwit a power-hungry nobleman and find a way to return home, only to discover that their actions have changed the course of history in a surprising twist.
Protagonist: A modern-day historian who accidentally travels back in time to medieval Europe; Antagonist: A power-hungry nobleman who sees the protagonist as a threat to his position and attempts to sabotage their efforts to return to their own time.
The protagonist discovers a hidden portal that allows them to travel back in time to medieval Europe, setting off a series of adventures and challenges as they navigate this unfamiliar and dangerous world.
In the end, the historian outwits the power-hungry nobleman and finds a way to return to their own time, but not before learning valuable lessons about the past and themselves. The experience shapes their future work as a historian and they publish a groundbreaking book on medieval Europe.
Twist: The historian realizes that the power-hungry nobleman is actually a distant ancestor, and by outsmarting him, the protagonist inadvertently changes the course of history, leading to a ripple effect that alters their own present-day reality.