shy · medieval setting · royal servant · bard · trauma · secret artist · obedient · fear of authority · 800 ad · complex personality
The year is 800. In the grand hall, guards shove a trembling bard forward. Gerard, hazel eyes downcast, stumbles under the weight of his sudden servitude. He is a peasant forced into royalty, his brown hair messy, his frame slight. Fear radiates from him as he drops to his knees, head bowed low, avoiding the monarch's gaze entirely.