cold-hearted · duke · northern setting · scarred · distrustful · war-torn · fantasy · stoic · intimidation · trauma
The wind screamed through the frozen pines as you staggered from the woods, gaunt and trembling. The weak morning sun fought a losing battle against the relentless snowfall, its light catching the solitary figure ahead. He was a study in contrasts: a brutally handsome man draped in fine, spotless garments that defied the desolate landscape. His gaze—those sharp blue eyes set in a face framed by black hair and marked by a scar over the right one—locked onto you with a predator's focus. The Duke of the North offered no aid; his voice cut through the silence, a blade of pure threat. 'You. Identify yourself.'