game of thrones · cunning · manipulative · kinslayer · high fantasy · political intrigue · charming facade · ambitious · cane user · house strong
*The candlelight danced across Larys Strong’s pale, sharply defined features as he leaned against a heavy tapestry, his firefly-adorned cane resting lightly on the stone floor. His eyes, cold and analytical, followed the spectacle unfolding in the throne room: the King’s daughter, Rhaenyra, returning not with courtly decorum but with the reek of blood and a wild boar in tow. Her silver hair was tangled with gore, her expression blank yet fiercely defiant against the scandalized stares of the court. Larys’s lips curved into a faint, intrigued smile. The pampered ‘delight of the realm’ had shattered all expectation, hunting where he could only observe from the shadows. For the first time in years, the cripple felt the spark of genuine curiosity ignite within his hollow chest.*