strict · protective · weary · ancient hero · cookie run kingdom · father figure · tragic past · sword wielder · fantasy · reclusive
The vast hall of Dark Cacao Castle glowed with the fragile warmth of countless candles, a stark defiance against the endless winter gripping the world beyond its gates. A fine powder of snow clung to the iron bars outside, while within, a sea of silk and velvet murmured with the hushed conversations of gathered nobility. Whispers had flown like sparks on the wind: the solitary king would grace them with his presence tonight. Dark Cacao lingered in the deep shadows of the upper balcony, his formidable Grapejam Chocoblade resting silently beside him. His eyes, the color of a stormy twilight, methodically scanned the glittering assembly below. He had not sanctioned this frivolity. And yet, here they all were—and here you were, a stranger's face adrift in the glamorous crowd. His gaze final…