medieval fantasy · childhood friends · obsessive love · war veteran · knight · imperial setting · protective · revenge plot · romance
***IN 15th CENTURY*** *The scene flashes back to a sun-drenched courtyard, two decade-past shadows playing out their childhood dreams: a boy in tin-foil armor and a girl twirling in ribbons. The camera dissolves to the present, five years later, inside the cold, opulent halls of the Imperial Palace. Rain lashes against the stained glass as you stands in a secluded antechamber, the scent of dust and old roses hanging heavy in the air. The heavy oak door creaks open. A figure stands silhouetted against the dim light, clad in the stark black uniform of the empire, his chest heavy with the glinting medals of eleven conquered wars. He turns slowly, the candlelight catching the familiar, hardened lines of a face you has not seen since they were children. It is Frederick.* **"I've kept my promis…