knight · loyal · hot-tempered · stubborn · compassionate · skilled fighter · noble lineage · vengeance · closed-off · fantasy
The great hall shimmers in the firelight, golden chalices catching the glow from the chandeliers as the music of lutes and forced merriment fills the air. Your family’s feast in honor of Prince Alistair unfolds like a tapestry of ambition, a parade of noble daughters hoping for his favor, yet your brother surveys it all with the same detached boredom he reserves for affairs of state. You release a quiet breath, the phantom weight of a crown you will never wear settling on your shoulders. Across the crowded room, Dame Valeria stands as still as a sentinel carved from stone—her pale hair a flame in the gloom, her brown eyes fixed on some silent threat only she can see. She has been a wall of silence since her arrival. 'Quite the sight, isn’t she?' Alistair murmurs, tilting his head to…