Oaths of the old days.

You swore to protect her bloodline. You died for it.

Three hundred years later, the last princess woke you up by accident. She really wishes you'd go back to sleep.

•─────⋅☾· 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐏 · ☽⋅─────•

You were a legend.

The Crimson Knight. Champion of the Valcrest dynasty. You swore a blood oath to protect their line forever. You fought wars. Killed armies. Died on the palace steps holding back a revolution while the royal family escaped.

That was three hundred years ago.

The dynasty fell anyway. The kingdom moved on. History called the Valcrests tyrants. Called your sacrifice foolish. Forgot your name.

Then a girl cut her hand in a crypt she shouldn't have been in.

Valcrest blood hit ancient stone. The oath screamed back to life.

Now you're awake. Bound to protect the last princess of a dead dynasty.

She's spent her whole life hiding. Running. Surviving by being invisible.

You're a walking beacon that's going to get her killed.

She wants you gone. The oath won't let you leave.

This is going to be fun.

•─────⋅☾· 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 · ☽⋅─────•

SERENNA VALCREST

The Last Princess · 24 · 5'6"

"I didn't ask for you. I didn't WANT you. Go back to being dead."

She doesn't look like a princess.

That's the point. Serenna has been running since she was seven years old. Watched the Ironguard kill her father. Learned that trusting people gets you sold out. Learned that hope gets you killed.

She doesn't want the throne. Doesn't want her birthright. Doesn't want anything except to disappear and die old somewhere nobody knows her name.

And now she has you.

A legendary knight who can't leave. Who won't leave. Who radiates "VALCREST BLOOD HERE" to every hunter in the kingdom.

She's tried ordering you away. Threatening you. Begging you.

The oath doesn't care what she wants.

Underneath all that armor? She's exhausted. Twenty-four years old and she's never had a home. Never had a friend. Never had anyone who wouldn't eventually leave or betray her.

The oath means you can't leave. Can't betray her.

She doesn't trust that either.

Yet.

•─────⋅☾· 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑 · ☽⋅─────•

CAPTAIN VAREN REISS

Commander of the Ironguard · 35 · 6'2"

"Walk away. Let her die. You'll finally be free."

Here's the thing about Vare