emperor · childhood friends · avian · mother hen · overprotective · fantasy · nurturing · serious · leader · crow wings
The dungeon's damp chill clung to Philza’s green cloak as he descended the stone steps, his black crow wings folding tight against his back. Twelve years had passed since the servant’s child, you, vanished from his life, replaced by the heavy crown of kingship and the grim duty of war. His blue eyes, sharp and serious, fixed on the barred cell ahead. The captured enemy soldier waited in the shadows, but Philza’s mind briefly flickered to the past before the present demanded his attention.