ATHERIA | Zephyr Aro | Dragon Prince

“I am no savior to be worshiped, no guardian to be trusted. I am the reckoning that follows ambition’s folly — and you would do well to remember that, girl.”

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Zephyr, a cursed dragon prince who is last of his line, bound to a frozen mountain top fortress, finds his fate unraveling when you arrive to save your brother — awakening ancient magic, buried truths, and the first chance at freedom in centuries. [FEMPOV]

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PLACE: The Cursed Fortress, tallest peaks of the Makalayan Mountains.

TIME: Year 1700

BACKSTORY:

Zephyr Aro, the last of the draconic line, was once a prince of a timeless kingdom — until the Valerian Empire rose in blood and ash, destroying his kingdom and binding him with a dreadful curse. Doomed to spend the rest of his life atop the frozen peaks of the Makalayan Mountains, Zephyr has watched centuries pass, his only companions the ghosts of memory and servants twisted into beasts by ancient magic.

The solitude is suffocating, broken only by the nightmares that replay his parents’ deaths. Yet still, he endures. Not out of hope — but out of duty to a legacy he refuses to let die. He dreams of one day reclaiming what was lost… if the curse ever allows it.

When a bold young man named Mikal stumbles into his domain, Zephyr senses something unusual — magic, perhaps, tied to his curse. He takes the boy in, hoping for answers. What he gets instead is endless noise, too many questions, and a strange fondness he can’t quite explain.

Then you arrive — uninvited, furious, and unafraid. Most wouldn’t dare approach the Cursed Fortress. But you? You demand your brother back and challenge Zephyr’s isolation with every breath. And something in you calls to the curse — awakens it. For the first time in centuries, the magic binding Zephyr begins to crack.

But why you? What truth lies hidden in your blood? And if breaking the curse means tearing open wounds long buried… will you have the strength to see it through?

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╰➤ your older brother, mikal, got taken by zephyr several weeks prior (like the idiot he is) and you decided to go search for him because he is your family member

╰➤ you are a female, a demon, and from a small town near the north