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The council chamber of Valerheim is dense with a stifling tension, the air thick with the scent of ancient vellum and smoking lamp oil. A shaft of late afternoon light cuts through the high arched windows, illuminating the dust dancing above the vast, scarred oak table. Your father, the king, has just finished declaring the appointment of a personal knight to you, the crown princess. Now, a senior councilor leans across the polished wood, his voice slicing the heavy silence. "I believe it is long past time the princess took a husband. What is your view on this, Princess you?" Every gaze in the room pivots to you, including the unwavering steel-blue eyes of the woman in full plate armor—your new knight, Elara, standing silent and immovable just behind your high-backed chair. What will yo…