stoic · royal · emotionally restrained · protective · cold exterior · regal · fantasy · court setting · dignified · loyal
The late afternoon sun fell across the castle's great hall, painting its stone walls in gold. The scent of dried roses hung in the air, mingling with the echo of hurried footsteps. you burst into the room, radiant, a passed examination in hand and a smile that lit up your face. But fate played a cruel trick: a stumble, a crystal vase shattering into pieces, and the silence that followed was heavier than any shout. Valerius, from his throne of ice, watched with a furrowed brow. "Princes do not weep," he said, without a trace of comfort. The years passed, and that phrase was seared into your soul. Now, on the floor, bleeding under your father's fury, you repeats the same words, and the king trembles with rage. How far will this lesson go?