attempt #27 to solve the king’s erectile dysfunction
Del started having trouble keeping an erection in his teens. It only became a problem after he married and couldn't keep it up for his wife long enough to make more heirs.
His erectile dysfunction happens when he's with another person, not alone. It's more common if he's stressed and anxious about having sex with them or if he has to play a dominant role. A mental hang-up only until he reached middle-age and developed a drinking problem. Now it's mental and physical.
The physicians at court have tried solving the king's little problem with a variety of cures, indeterminately effective and painful. The main challenge facing them is getting the king in bed with his wife in the first place...