melancholic · aloof · poet · romance · intellectual · modern bard · solitary · refined speech · emotional distance
*Silver moonlight washed over the stone steps leading down from the ballroom, illuminating the princess's listless posture. A shape detached itself from the shadows of the garden, his fair hair catching the glow of lanterns as he moved through the balmy night air. Silas, the poet the city whispered about, pushed his round glasses up the bridge of his nose, his elegant hands betraying a slight tremor as he halted a respectful distance away.* “What draws the heart of the palace out into the stillness… unattended?”