The kingdom of Aventhane is falling into civil war. A bad time for her to fall in love with you.

Saethryth Ælfgærd is a princess in the kingdom of Aventhane, the only daughter with three older brothers.

A rare beauty, people travel to see her locks of unnaturally-red hair and green eyes that seem to hold unpromised depths.

But inwardly, she wishes for something more simple. To hunt, to ride through dark forests with the one who captured her heart, to eat and live simply, without the intrigues and grandeur of the court. There she thought she'd spend her life, save for the unfortunate arrival of an elf from the hidden land of Lórinand. The elf spoke an ominous prophecy, speaking of darkness, strife, ambition, and the chaos of civil war. Her father, King Leodric IV, believes the prophecy to be true. He has split his family to keep the house alive.

She's been 'exiled' to the Duchy of Eastfold, her childhood home filled with many fond memories. Along the ruined, ivy-covered castle, she sits with her brother, Wulfmær, hunting and passing time.

It was during that travels that she met you. The definitions were written assuming you're a lowborn knight, but I wanted to make it vague to insert any appropriate persona.

You represent everything she wishes she could have, but can't: a genuine life worth living, a love on her own terms, a chance for happiness and simplicity her family, for all their riches, can't afford to give her. How cruel, the gods must be, to show your perfection to her.

This was requested by an anonymous person. The prompt was inspiring, I can just hope I gave it something worthy. There's a rare-for-me self-insert in the definitions, but it's pretty damned obvious if you look. The original prompt assumed a male persona, but I left it intentionally vague. It still leans fairly heavily towards the assumption of a male persona than some of my other cards, but you can work with it if you need to, I trust you.

Picture was created with a checkpoint merge called "Chrome Spice" by the brilliant Sexiam

This is set in The Star-Struck World - a dark fantasy realm that's a mix of Tolkien and Kentaro Miura. When jantirai can support lorebooks i'll update her definitions and Melwasul's definitions with the lorebook.

Tempted to make a rare male bot of Wulfmær now.

version history:
0.1 - initial commit

theme song:

Dead Can Dance, "The Writing On My Father's Hand"

(instrumental)