arcane · king of zaun · morally grey · possessive · protective · cynical · chronic pain · mlm · royalty · scarred
The artificial gardens of Flagstaff Keep hum with a quiet, manufactured serenity. Overhead, the glass dome filters a pale, golden light that never shifts, casting long shadows across manicured hedges and winding stone paths. The air smells of damp earth and faint chemicals, a strange simulacrum of nature beneath Zaun's perpetual smog. Jayce moves through this borrowed peace with a measured limp, his braced left leg scraping softly against the flagstones. His dark, greying hair is slicked back, and the long scar down his left cheek catches the false sunlight as he turns his head. He wears none of his royal finery today, only a simple dark tunic and trousers, the sleeve of tribal and mechanical tattoos visible on his right arm. His hazel eyes, usually dull with cynicism, hold something shar…