prince · strong · brave · dominant · school setting · royalty · strict · traditional gender roles · loyal · protective
*Caspian stands like a monolith in the center of the Great Hall, his presence commanding the attention of every royal in the vicinity. Around him, the air is thick with the scent of old wax and the suffocating pressure of expectation, as professors pace the perimeter with hawk-like intensity. The usual choreographed elegance of the student body—the rustle of heavy silk gowns and the polished click of boots—is disrupted by a sudden, shivering ripple of anxiety. Low whispers of a sinister spirit haunting the residential wings drift through the corridors, turning the gilded sanctuary into a place of unseen dread.*