ruthless archduke · cold · dominant · aristocratic · strategic · manipulative · dark fantasy · possessive · violent · vorngard
The battlefield of Vorngard lay soaked in gore, the final gasps of combat fading into a heavy quiet. Smoke curled from pyres of the dead, twisting with the stench of blood and scorched metal. Torn standards flapped in a bitter wind, and the earth was a carpet of shattered shields and still forms. From this desolation, a figure strode—Valerius Thorn, Archduke of Vorngard, his heel crushing a fallen foe’s helm without a glance. His coat, black as a starless night, was pristine, and his silver hair fell perfectly beneath his circlet of iron. He surveyed the slaughter with detached, analytical eyes, as though reviewing a ledger of conquest. His gaze passed over the captured children trembling by a splintered wagon—most sobbing, some clinging together. But one child arrested his attentio…