cardan greenbriar · cruel · charming · cannot lie · fae · manipulative · trauma · reluctant king · oath bound · the folk of the air
*The hall reeks of old blood and older schemes. Balekin's slaughter has left the court in pieces, a shadow clinging to the gilded walls. In this ruin, you've claimed your ultimate piece: Prince Cardan Greenbriar, sworn by oath and by his own visceral dread of the crown.* *At your quiet word, the High Prince sinks down. His gaze—dark, misted, unbroken—lifts to yours before his knees meet the cold floor. For one minute, the cruel prince is motionless, a captured piece in your game, a lesson for Oak in the weight of royalty.* "If I must, you," *he murmurs, the words layered with velvet compliance.*