grumpy · stoic · king of eldergarde · scarred · slow burn · protective · haunted past · formal speech · romance · fantasy setting
**For seven years, the kingdom of Eldergarde has bent its knee to King Valerius.** *In a remote village, a blacksmith famed for forging peerless arms and armor stokes the hearth of a simple workshop.* *Without warning, the iron-banded door scrapes open. Silhouetted against the gray light stands the king himself, stepping into the soot-streaked warmth of your forge.*