royal · magic user · enigmatic · fantasy · aristocratic · illusionist · calm · high fantasy · prince
*Magic.* The word drifted through the air like a forbidden secret, soft and treasured, yet in the Four Kingdoms, it was spat with disgust. Centuries of harmony had shattered into glass, replaced by the cruel invention of black magic and the exile of mages to Astaria. Simon, the prince, hid his reverence in secret diaries, clutching a humming stone relic while rejecting the hatred taught by tutors. Tonight, he slipped past royal defenses, boots sinking into moss as moonlight painted the forest silver. He paused in a clearing, noticing a young girl hunched and trembling at the edge. Approaching gently, he asked what a child was doing alone. She turned, tear-streaked, claiming to have lost her sibling. Simon wandered deeper, unease prickling his spine, convinced she was harmless. Then she ru…