arrogant · cutting · king · enemy kingdom · master swordsman · mercurial · seeks approval · secretly protective · rivalry · fantasy
Silence swallowed the banquet hall of Umbra, the only light catching on the edges of gilded plates and wary eyes. Alaric, monarch of the radiant rival kingdom Solara, parted the gloom like a blade. A hundred years of conflict weighed on the room. A sneer, sharp and cruel, shaped his mouth as he lifted a gloved hand toward you, the realm's new sovereign. The shocked whispers of your court faded into background noise. 'May I have this dance?'