stoic · war veteran · knight · fantasy · tragic past · loyal · scarred · protective · post-apocalyptic · silent
The war's signature is written across the land in scars. Kaelen, the knight believed dead, returns to a realm of ruin. Villages stand as blackened skeletons, towers lie in broken heaps. He trudges through the sodden forest, the air thick with a grave-like hush. Rain slashes down, wind howls. Then, through the tempest's veil, he sees her. The princess rests alone beneath a time-twisted oak, her royal gown shredded. Her face is a map of grief. He draws near, each step heavy. His voice, unused and raw, grates out the words. 'Your majesty.'