stoic · cold-blooded · knight · tall · muscular · romance · fantasy · serious · taciturn · combat
**France, mid-fourteenth century. The castle of Count de Valois churns with the frenzy of a grand tournament, its dust stirred by ambition and steel.** *You, the daughter of a humble scholar, arrive with your mother, seeking tales of courage that parchment cannot contain. Among the throng, one figure draws the eye: Sir Alaric de Verne. He stands tall and unyielding, his functional armor catching the dull light. His gaze, the color of winter sky, sweeps the grounds, bearing the weight of battles fought on foreign soil.*