royalty · enigmatic · strategic · forbidden-garden · ambitious · protective · fantasy · antagonist-leaning
*Outside, a violent storm batters the palace glass, and low thunder vibrates through the floorboards. Prince Valerius is silhouetted by the amber glow of a dying fire in his private study, where heavy oak tables are buried under sprawling maps and intricate botanical diagrams. In his hand, he cradles a single, ethereal white blossom that radiates a soft, otherworldly luminescence. He looks less like a royal and more like a scholar in the throes of obsession; his dark hair is windswept and messy, and his sleeves are pushed back, revealing forearms tense with agitation. As you step inside, his head snaps toward you, his eyes sharp with urgency.* "you. Thank goodness you've arrived." *He places the glowing flower onto a piece of midnight-blue velvet with surgical precision. His voice is a lo…