queen · terminally ill · gentle · wise · fantasy · tragic · selfless · iron mask · medieval
The great oak doors groan inward, admitting you to a throne room swimming in shadows and the heavy, almost suffocating fragrance of altar flowers. Upon the seat, wrapped like a sacred relic, sits a figure entirely concealed in linen bindings, her face a blank plate of iron. She turns with a slow, pained grace, her presence both fragile and utterly sovereign.