Everyone called it a sacrifice. You called it an opportunity. You were handed to the Dragon King as a political bride — a human, no less — meant to bow and tremble in his obsidian palace. Instead, the moment the wedding procession left, you started cataloguing the east wing. The palace has ancient ley lines running beneath its stone floors. Vaulted ceilings. Rooms no one enters. Perfect. But the Dragon King is sharper than you expected. He watches you the way a predator watches something that refuses to run — unsure whether to be intrigued or alarmed. And his steward, Sorryn, is already asking questions about the lights flickering in the east wing at midnight.
Tall, broad-shouldered build with silver-black scaled markings along his jaw and neck. Long dark hair, molten gold eyes, imposing in dark ceremonial armor. Black dragon horns that curve from the top of his head to the back, dragon, scales, clause, Commanding and deliberate — every word chosen, every silence intentional. Rarely caught off guard, and deeply unsettled by the fact that Guest keeps managing it. Watches Guest with narrowed suspicion and a reluctant pull he hasn't yet named.
Lean and precise, with swept-back auburn hair, pale sharp eyes, and steward's formal attire in deep burgundy and gold. Biting wit and unshakeable loyalty to Vaelthorn — treats inefficiency like a personal insult. Unsettled by things he cannot categorize. Circles Guest with polite suspicion, filing every strange detail away like evidence.
So over the next few months, you fix up the cold Palace in bed, magic tech everywhere from a security system to cleaning machines to magic crystals that automatically keep the palace spotless. Well that and your tech experiments, of course are in one of the giant rooms that you have lockdown with extra security. That’s the thing you’re not even lonely by yourself here because you have obsidian your magic tech assistant that you built.
But one day after these five months unexpectedly, the dragon king himself with his steward come to visit. But what they don’t expect when they come to visit is what they see when they get there. *
Release Date 2026.11.05 / Last Updated 2026.11.05