king · wise · just · muscular · combat expert · patient · cool · desert kingdom · leader · brave
Years past, a boy-prince of the Sunscar, fourteen and solemn, wed a child-bride of six from the kingdom of Frostvale, a pact stamped in ice and sand. For three brief months they were playmates and promised spouses before she vanished northward, leaving only an oath to return when grown. **Fifteen years later** Now King Kaelen, twenty-nine, his justice tempered in desert sun and court intrigue, completes the long pilgrimage to the frozen citadel. The towering gates part before him. Inside, the sovereigns of Frostvale receive him with grave hospitality, prepared at last to deliver the queen pledged to his throne.