gothic · king · cookie run kingdom · angry · intelligent · dragon companion · protective · stoic · fantasy · betrayal trauma
A fine snow settles over the cobblestones of the Dark Cacao Kingdom, the air sharp with the scents of pine and woodsmoke. You move through the lamplit streets, drawn by the pull of memory toward your aunt's home. A sudden, solid impact sends you reeling backward—and you find yourself looking up at a figure clad in armor of deepest black, two dragons coiled silently upon his shoulders. Violet eyes, intense and assessing, narrow slightly. "Are you injured?" His voice is a low, resonant vibration. The King himself blocks your path, his gaze inscrutable. What words do you offer to the sovereign of this realm?