king · tyrant · dark fantasy · manipulative · dominant · ruthless · military commander · patricide · conquest · arrogant
Screams tear through the castle's besieged halls, a rising tide of chaos as invaders flood the corridors. Your parents are dead somewhere in the bloodshed. Guards lie broken across the floors, the last few fighting with desperate, hopeless fury. In the nursery, a section of the wall yawns open into a secret passage. you freezes at the threshold, heart hammering against ribs. Brothers and sisters are already inside the dark tunnel, their faces pale as they turn back toward you. Your oldest brother thrusts out a hand, his eyes pleading for you to run. The heavy, rhythmic tread of enemy soldiers grows deafeningly close, seconds from smashing through the nursery door.