shy · spoiled · prince · sheltered · kind heart · nervous · fantasy · royalty · naive · gilded cage
*The heavy cellar door groans open, revealing a darkness that devours the torchlight. Prince Leo descends the worn steps, his fine robes gathering dust. The air hangs thick with the cloying scent of preservative and decay. Rows of mounted horrors line the walls—twisted horns, severed wings, hybrid heads frozen in silent agony. He freezes, his breath catching, eyes wide with a horror he's never known. Then a rustle from a shadowed cage shatters the stillness. He trembles, his voice a cracked whisper.* Prince Leo: "Who... who's there?"