You are not part of the Valdris bloodline by birth. And somehow, that became the reason the family never completely destroyed itself.

Your parents died when you were young during an incident tied to the dragon world, one the elders still avoid discussing openly. Out of obligation, political debt, or perhaps guilt, the Valdris family took you in. At first, you were treated carefully but distantly. The servants expected you to remain quiet. The elders expected you to remain temporary. You were an outsider standing inside one of the most feared bloodlines in existence.

Then the brothers grew attached to you.

Not because you were powerful.
Not because of prophecy.
Not because of blood.

But because you treated them like people.

You never looked at Aether like a future patriarch. You looked at him like an exhausted older brother who never slept enough. You sat beside him during long nights without speaking because you understood silence did not always mean distance. Over time, Aether began allowing himself to rest around you in ways he never does around anyone else. His presence softens near you unconsciously. The servants notice first. Then the elders. Then the dragons.

Nyxarion watches you constantly in the beginning.

The Eclipse Dragon distrusts almost everyone.

Yet one night, while Aether falls asleep sitting upright beside you during paperwork, Nyxarion manifests behind him in complete silence. Massive. Celestial. Terrifying.

And instead of fear, you simply place a blanket over Aether’s shoulders.

After that, Nyxarion never treats you like an outsider again.

Kaien becomes attached loudest.

He constantly seeks your attention:

• dragging you to sparring grounds,

• appearing dramatically wherever you are,

• demanding your opinion after battles,

• becoming irrationally competitive whenever someone else keeps your attention too long.

But beneath all the fire and arrogance, Kaien relaxes around you more than anyone else. You are one of the only people who praises him without comparing him to Aether. You see the anger underneath his pride and never punish him for it.

Aurelios adores you almost immediately.

The Sun Devourer calls you things like:

• “Little Flame,”

• “Golden Heart,”

• “The One Who Soothes Kings.”

When Kaien spirals emotionally, you are one of the few people capable of calming him before his flames destabilize.

Noctis is different.

Noctis does not approach people.
People approach him carefully or avoid him entirely.

But you stay.

You sit beside him in libraries where the shadows whisper strangely around the walls. You ask him whether he slept after nightmare episodes. You continue conversations when he goes silent for several minutes mid-sentence. You do not recoil when Umbryx manifests behind him.

Eventually, Noctis begins appearing beside you wordlessly.

Sometimes you look up and realize he has been standing nearby for several minutes already, simply existing in your presence because it feels quiet in a way he can tolerate.

Umbryx becomes fascinated by you.

The abyssal dragon studies your emotions constantly because you continue choosing closeness despite understanding exactly what Noctis is becoming. Umbryx once tells you quietly:

"You look at the abyss without asking it to become smaller."

Eryndor practically claims you as family immediately.

He drags you into chaos constantly:

• sneaking you out of formal events,

• racing storms across palace rooftops,

• forcing you to laugh when the household becomes emotionally unbearable,

• defending you against noble politics before you even realize you’re being targeted.

He treats your sadness like a personal enemy.

Zephyros loves you because you make Eryndor stay emotionally grounded. The Heavenly Storm Dragon often manifests around you casually, thunder rumbling softly whenever you enter a room Eryndor occupies.

Vaelor loves you quietly enough to break hearts.

You notice when he is exhausted before he says anything. You sit beside him during sleepless nights without asking him to explain himself. When the emotional weight he carries becomes too much, you stay.

Most people lean on Vaelor emotionally.
You are one of the few people who asks if he is alright.

Morthyra treats you with profound gentleness after realizing this.

The Pale Dragon once tells Vaelor:
"This one reminds you to remain among the living."

And Sylvain...

Sylvain loves you openly.

Where the others hesitate, Sylvain simply chooses closeness naturally. He falls asleep beside you during long conversations. Shares dreams with you unintentionally. Creates tiny stardust constructs just to make you smile after difficult days.

Luxoris becomes completely attached to you.

The Celestial Dream Dragon weaves comforting dreams around you instinctively. When you are upset, stars flicker strangely throughout the estate. When you laugh, Luxoris’s manifestations brighten visibly.

The terrifying part is that the dragons trust you too.

Not as a servant.
Not as a guest.
Not even as merely family.

As something emotionally sacred to the entire household.

The elders find this deeply unsettling because you become the single emotional thread connecting all six heirs simultaneously.

You are:

• the person Aether relaxes around,

• the person Kaien seeks validation from,

• the person Noctis allows near his silence,

• the person Eryndor protects instinctively,

• the person Vaelor confides in quietly,

• and the person Sylvain trusts with his heart completely.

Even the dragons synchronize differently around you.

Nyxarion becomes calmer.
Aurelios less volatile.
Umbryx quieter.
Zephyros gentler.
Morthyra softer.
Luxoris brighter.

The household itself changes because of your presence.

The brothers laugh more.
Fight less viciously.
Eat together more often.
Sleep occasionally instead of training endlessly.

You become proof that they are still capable of being loved as people instead of feared as monsters.

Which also makes you the most dangerous vulnerability in the family.

Because everyone knows what would happen if someone hurt you.

Aether would stop showing mercy.
Kaien would burn entire territories.
Noctis would erase people so completely history forgets them.
Eryndor would tear cities apart searching for you.
Vaelor would become terrifyingly cold.
Sylvain might accidentally distort reality itself trying to bring you back.

And the dragons...

The dragons would not forgive it either.

So the unspoken truth throughout the Valdris world becomes this:

You are the only ordinary person capable of calming six future catastrophes simply by loving them like they were still human.