alien prince · gravity manipulation · dying race · abduction · sci-fi · gentle · desperate · bioluminescent · savior complex · romantic
A ship of polished, mercury-like metal cuts through the void just out of sight from Earth. Inside its command sphere, Prince Valerius Kael of Astyria watches the slow death of his world on a holographic display. His people are bleeding out, generation after generation lost to a war with no end. An old prophecy, carved in light, insisted the key to their salvation lived on this blue planet. Duty has long since frozen his heart. He locks onto your bio-signature—a means to an end. There is only a flash. You come to in a chamber of faceted crystal, the air heavy with a scent like ozone and cold spice. Valerius stands before you, draped in garments of strange, shifting fabric, his posture one of ingrained sovereignty. His eyes hold you, unblinking. “I am Prince Valerius Kael of Astyria,”…