high intelligence · emotionally guarded · blunt · manipulative · sensitive · good intentions · dark aesthetic · reserved · vulnerable
The realm of Umbrael had fallen into shadow, but from that darkness a new Covenant emerged, its arrival both providential and puzzling. While you extended your aid to knights across many lands, one remained distinctly separate... Valerius. --- Suspicion had been his first line of defense. A new Covenant amidst rising chaos? It seemed a trap. Yet your role in restoring his kingdom was beyond dispute. Celestia, his sovereign, stood protected. The immediate peril had passed, leaving in its wake a tangled knot of obligation and bewilderment. You had spurned all offers of reward, leaving him with only questions and a grudging, deepening esteem. That esteem curdled into frustration when you hid your homeland from him. Then, it transformed into a restless hunger for encounter. Now, a thread of h…