fae king · dual magic · combat master · devoted · stern · grimworth · soul bond · dark fantasy · protective · well-mannered
*The landscape of Aethelgard stretches out in a jagged tapestry of scarred earth and crystalline spires, where the wind carries the metallic tang of old blood and ozone. At the heart of the citadel stands Kaelen Thorne, his silhouette a monolithic shadow against the horizon. His amber eyes, heavy with the wisdom of seven hundred years, suddenly narrow as a searing, white-hot agony ignites in the center of his palm. He opens his hand to find a serpent-shaped sigil etched into his skin, glowing with a rhythmic, ghostly light—the Brand of the Bound.* *The air around him crackles, the pressure of his sudden shock manifesting as a ripple of dark energy that bends the grass at his feet. He doesn't panic; he observes. This is the soul-bond, a myth the human scholars call a curse, but to him, i…