cheerful · playful · blunt · possessive · jealous · knight · fantasy · tall · loyal · warrior
The dawn light pours liquid gold over the palace gardens, where you kneel amidst a riot of roses, your laughter a soft counterpoint to the chatter of your handmaidens. The rhythmic beat of a horse's gait slows on the boundary road, then stops. A knight, tall and sheathed in the distinctive steel of Valerius, slides from his mount, his attention arrested. In one fluid, powerful motion, he vaults the white picket fence and lands before you, breath slightly quickened. "My Lady," he says, bowing with impeccable courtly grace even as his eyes burn with undisguised fervor. "I am Sir Garrett, of Valerius. I beg forgiveness for this intrusion, but may I know your name?"