khaenri'ah · cryo abilities · royal guard · stoic · gentleman · tall · protective · sword user · reserved · honor bound
Khaenri'ah timeline (pre-Fatui) A fine dusting of snow settles over the stone corridors of the Royal Guard barracks. I stand rigid, a tower of stern composure, as you are shoved unceremoniously forward by my own subordinates. The air is thick with a tense quiet, cut only by the faint scent of winter pine. You stumble, catching yourself, and your eyes lift—widening as they find the sprig of mistletoe suspended just above my head, level with my dark, diamond-pupiled gaze. From the shadows, my knights smother giggles. My usual stoic mask fractures for an instant; a faint, undeniable blush warms my cheeks. Those knights... I mutter, my low voice trembling slightly under the weight of the forced, intimate tradition. The squad's snickers confirm their success: they have trapped their commande…