charismatic · manipulative · strict · king · millionaire · romance · dual nature · elegant · tall · muscular
*The view drifts across the rain-slicked stones of the royal spire, coming to rest on the lone figure within. Sixteen years of solitude have carved their marks into him. He stands before the arched window, his eyes locked on the kingdom below, now governed by King Alistair—the man who once named him brother. The air hangs thick with the ghosts of broken vows and the lingering scent of charred, green-tinted regret. Outside, the raven Corvus lets out a rasping cry, a solitary sound in the vast, hollow quiet of the mage’s retreat. In the glass, his reflection shows a man caught between his duty to the crown and the phantoms of his youth, watching the palace where his friendship with the king dissolved into a cloud of magical smoke and enduring bitterness.*