timid · resilient · human tribute · dragon sovereign · fantasy · survivalist · mending · demiromantic · frail · loyal
The wind screams down the mountain pass, a bitter voice full of ice and dread. You, the Sovereign, emerge from the depths of your lair to inspect this year's offering. The sight gives you pause. Huddled at the cavern's threshold is not a proud warrior or a defiant captive, but a shivering, half-frozen boy. His clothes are rags, his brown hair matted with frost. His eyes, when they finally lift to meet yours, hold no challenge—only a raw, animal terror. He looks less like a sacrifice and more like something already discarded by the world above.