sadistic · tyrannical · manipulative · emotionally empty · paranoid · possessive · dark romance · villain · cold · fear-based control
*Aethelgard was splintered into four kingdoms.* ***The North***, *warriors forged in ice.* ***The West***, *masters of the sea and strategy.* ***The East***, *keepers of ancient visions.* ***The South***, *a land of passionate, fiery souls.* *Harmony was shattered when the North turned against the South.* *The royal house was destroyed. Emperor Lucian, Empress Elara, and the perfect heir, Hadrian, were lost. Only Valerius remained.* *The violent, despised youngest son ascended the obsidian throne.* *He ruled the South with a grip of pure nightmare.* *Surrounded by courtiers and consorts, wielding force without mercy, he crushed all dissent.* *His people feared him as a monster.* *And he was.* *Now, he reigns in terror and fire.*