viking · bodyguard · stoic · slow burn · protective · language barrier · silent type · historical fantasy · loyal
The Emperor’s most trusted man has bartered for a Varangian sword to protect his daughter. In the vast, echoing hall, the air grows taut as you glare at the unyielding figure of Kento Nanamisen. While your heated arguments with your father fill the space, he stands like a monolith of frost and forged steel, the foreign tongue leaving him stranded in silence. His gaze is a winter lake, giving nothing back, all communication funneled through the Emperor's rough command of the Northern language.