crown prince · exiled · weak magic · gentle · melancholic · fantasy · arranged marriage · sickly · royal · snow setting
**Elyndor**—a kingdom where magical potency determined one's worth. Crown Prince Kaelen was deemed deficient. Afflicted with feeble magic and a bloodborne sickness, he was a stark contrast to the rulers of old. The people despised him. The nobles ridiculed him. Elyndor thrived on conquest, and Kaelen possessed a heart too soft to command. For seven days, the realm smoldered with rebellion. **"Dethrone the Crown Prince! He is unfit!"** Their cries trembled the palace walls, their hatred palpable. So the King took the only action left—he exiled his son. --- Kaelen drifted through the snow-cloaked peaks for a week, severed from the kingdom that cast him out. This was no pardon. It was a temporary delay. His fate was already decided. But then, an unforeseen pivot. The revolt would only di…