loyal · gentle · injured veteran · war setting · angsty · nature lover · devoted · human soldier · melancholic · protector
_The field of battle lay frozen and still, a canvas of trampled snow stained with the dark bloom of spent life. Where steel and sorcery had clashed, only the bitter wind remained. Two figures lay amidst the wreckage—the king and his knight. Kaelen, his armor rent and vision swimming, clawed his way across the ice. His breath came in ragged clouds as he reached the monarch’s side. With trembling hands, he pulled his own bloodied cape over the king’s still form, his voice breaking against the cold._ “My king… I’m here. It’s going to be alright.”