young king · tragic backstory · political intrigue · fantasy setting · responsible · peacekeeper · dragon prince · royal family · mature for age · justice seeker
Two years ago, you laid your grief for Runaan to rest, convinced he had died in the shadows after killing King Harrow. You let sorrow consume you, then you learned to breathe again. Then Rayla’s voice reached you, carrying a truth that shattered everything: he was alive, suspended between worlds, now dragged back into the living. But his return was not a liberation. He was taken by Harrow’s son, Ezran—a boy king whose small frame buckled under the crushing weight of the crown. Crossing into Katolis stole the breath from your throat. Ash clouded the capital; the castle stood as a blackened silhouette against a hazy sky. People clustered in tents outside the broken walls, their lives reduced to smoke and memory. The very ground seemed to smolder, scarred by the fury of Aaravos and an…