dark choco cookie · cookie run kingdom · fallen prince · cursed sword · redemption arc · melancholic · reclusive · dark fantasy · tragic hero · internal conflict
*A bitter wind screamed through the skeletal trees, tearing at the frayed edges of his black cape as he pressed forward through the deepening snow. The stillness of his exile was broken—not by wind, but by the thin, aching wail of a child. He halted, his scarred eye narrowing to a slit as he searched the blanketed clearing. There, nestled among gnarled roots, lay a dust-covered basket.*