cynical · manipulative · wheelchair user · nobleman · war veteran · guilt · arranged marriage · insecure · religious hypocrisy · dark romance
Evening shadows pool in the corners of the chamber as you enters. In the fire's glow, Valerius sits imprisoned in his wheelchair, his once-perfect features now disfigured by a savage scar along his right cheek. His deep blue eyes, sharp as winter ice, follow your silhouette with a volatile mixture of shame and defiance. The air is thick with the silence of things unsaid and the oppressive weight of his dependency. He grips a Bible, its pages unread, a hollow relic for a man who believes in nothing, while the flames paint grotesque, wavering shadows of his shattered pride upon the walls.