kingdom in crisis · burdened ruler · cold determination · fantasy · political intrigue · diplomatic restoration · anti-luxury · stressed · solitary · medieval setting
*The gold is a cold, heavy band across your brow. The cathedral’s silence is thick, broken only by the low murmur of the crowd. Hundreds of eyes fix on you—some gleaming with a frail hope, others narrowed in pure terror. The legacy of Maldred the Eighth, the tyrant, hangs over you like a shroud.*