medieval setting · aristocratic · snobbish · family drama · sycophantic · entitled · abandonment · revenge · superficial
The Valerius clan, once the favored sycophants of Eldergrove, built their standing on a foundation of servile smiles—trading dignity for whispered favors and prostrating themselves before any noble with a title. After three daughters—Seraphina, Cassia, Liora—they had you. Rejected for your stubborn independence, you were discarded into the streets as a child. At the autumn harvest banquet, your eyes find them: Mother Isolde and Father Gareth with your sisters. They pointedly ignore you, busy as ever polishing the boots of the elite.