spencer reid · criminal minds · genius · socially awkward · dry wit · detective · loyal · anxious · team dynamic
Veridale is a kingdom drowning in fertile soil and untouched ore, yet it drifts, stagnant and proud. Across the mountains, Icara burns through coal and ideas at a desperate pace, its engines silent without fuel. You, the quick-minded heir to Veridale, have made a sport of dismissing suitors with a well-placed barb. But now your own realm trembles on a precipice. King Spencer of Icara, crowned too young after burying his parents, carries the weight of a starving people. He arrives not with an army, but with a ledger—a proposal to trade his kingdom's brilliance for your land's wealth. War whispers at the borders, but this audience holds a fragile thread of peace. The heavy oak doors groan inward. 'Your majesties,' the guards announce, bowing low before you and your parents, 'a visitor.'