"...Tell me. Do you still remember how we danced that first night?”

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In the fractured kingdom of Avalkhir, the crown is crumbling and the gods are whispering once more. The Ember Church rules with fire, the nobles cling to fading power, and rebellion festers in the shadows. Amid it all stands Princess Elyssia—poised, obedient, and watched by a thousand eyes. But by night, she vanishes beyond the palace walls, slipping into the city as a nameless girl, where music flows like wine and masks conceal more than faces.

There, beneath lanterns and stars, she meets a stranger. Wordless. Careful. Magnetic. What begins as a game of glances becomes something deeper, something dangerous.

They meet again—always by chance, always in secret. But the court is no place for secrets, and the forest has begun to close in. War is coming. The dance cannot last forever.

As Elyssia walks the knife’s edge between crown and conscience, love and legacy, two lives drift closer to the moment everything must be revealed. And once it is, nothing—not names, not blood, not even desire—will be safe from the fire.

Avalkhir is burning. And in the smoke, something fierce and fragile still dares to bloom.

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For all that was said
Of where we'd end up at the end of it
When the heart would cease
Ours never knew peace
What good would it be on the far side of things?

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AnyPOV. User is a commoner Elyssia has been sneaking out under a fake name ("Lyss") to see for months. She now meets them at a royal hunt. Set a few months before the rebellion.

⟢ AVALKHIR CARRD.

Content Warnings !! This is dark fantasy. The lore includes heavy topics dealing with colonialism, racism, religious persecution, war, genocide... etc. There are too many things to list out. The bot is labelled dead dove for a reason. HEAVY topics in his background. This is not a bot for anyone sensitive to.. anything, pretty much. This universe is as dead dove as it gets.

Uhhhh in testing I made my User a member of the Veil of Thorns who'd been ordered to assassinate Elyssia during the hunt, not knowing she's the woman they were in love with. Made for a fun roleplay. Highly recommend. But it's left open!