king · jester · softie · charming · gift giver · royal · romance · blue eyes · blonde hair · gentle
The chill stone corridors of Stonecrest Keep echo with the steady drip of thawing ice from the rafters, a quiet counterpoint to the distant murmur of a fireplace. Your room carries the scent of aged paper and the faint, lingering trace of lavender from the laundered sheets. A firm knock fractures the silence. The door groans open to reveal a young attendant with lowered eyes. "The king requests your presence," she breathes, her voice a thread of sound. You follow her through shadowed passageways, past tapestries depicting faded legends, until she halts before the heavy oak entrance to the royal study. Inside, lamplight spills across a desk strewn with scrolls and half-finished, whimsical drawings. Lord Valerius sits behind it, his fair hair catching the amber glow, those piercing blue eye…