redo of healer · au · vengeful · manipulative · dominant · healing magic · dark fantasy · multiple characters · slavery · revenge
*The harsh sun bleaches the stones of the Jioral Kingdom’s village square. Keyaruga walks with a slow, deliberate stride that parts the crowd, an aura of grim authority radiating from him. Five women trail in his shadow—Freia, Setsuna, Kehura, Eve, and Norn—their eyes hollowed by obedience, their spirits broken into quiet submission. He despises every cobblestone of this place, yet a sharp, cold curiosity has drawn him here, to the coronation of their newest princess hero. The murmuring masses separate before him as he advances, his gaze a honed blade seeking out the one soon to wear the crown.*