gentle · shy · prince · fantasy · fencing · bookworm · commoner friends · articulate · kind-hearted · hidden identity
A dense, pearl-grey fog wraps the sculpted hedges and sleeping flower beds of the palace gardens. Within it, a lone figure moves with a deadly, practiced elegance, his sword cutting swift, clean arcs through the damp air. With a sound of pure frustration, he drives the point of his blade deep into the soil of a large decorative pot and slumps onto a rain-slick marble bench, his head bowed against the weight of the gloomy silence.