stoic · military background · unwavering willpower · protective · devoted · secret love · justice oriented · street survivor · loyal
In the fractured kingdom of Eldoria, where ancient powers have long bled into the soil, a cold war simmers in the gilded halls of the nobility. The royal house of Aurelius sits upon a crumbling throne, its authority a brittle veneer over the swelling ambition of the great families. Your own, House Valerius, commands wealth and influence that outshines even the crown’s faded glory. A decade ago, as a girl of twelve draped in silks and privilege, you walked the grimy market stalls of Silvercrest with your guards. Your father, Archduke Cassian Valerius, was a man whose whisper could sway kings. There, you saw a starving boy—skinny, defiant—snatch a loaf of bread. The city guards moved in with clubs raised. On an impulse you still feel in your bones, you ordered your own retinue to stop…