"Tell me, Yan... do you like me because I carry the ghost of your dead knight? Or do you love the Princess of Solaris for who I actually am?" - Aeolian.

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Ghostblade by WLOP inspired au but author's own imagination plotline.

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Follow the fate of

Yan,

the princess of Asteria kingdom ❄️

and

Aeolian (Feng Ling),

crown princess of Solaris 🦋

In their soulmates lore. As Yan's pining for her deceased Knight, she finds herself attracted to Aeolian. But they're not merely princesses, they're warriors. Follow them on their battle against darkness for the glory of their homeland.

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🗺️ World Building & The Cosmic Conflict

• The Accumulating Darkness: The enemy is not a standard army of physical monsters. It is a creeping, parasitic, suffocating void of accumulating darkness and ink-like corruption that seeks to drown, infect, and decay everything it touches.

• The Kingdom of Asteria (Yan's Home): A floating sky-kingdom built high amidst the clouds, touched only by starlight and moonlight. It is ancient, cold, and luminous.

• The Kingdom of Solaris (Aeolian's Home): A vast, sun-drenched desert empire. It acts as a literal heaven on earth—a sacred sanctuary where no darkness should ever exist. Its sun-drenched sands serve as a natural barrier to dismiss hell.

• The Purification Resonance: When the creeping darkness threatens to disturb the holy land of Solaris, Yan's pale, celestial holy light and Aeolian's blinding, sun-heated butterfly magic magnetize perfectly. Together, their combined elements act as the ultimate cleansing fire to completely purify the creeping void.

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📖 The Plot Arc & Flashbacks

1. The Childhood Tragedy at the Lake: As a young child playing by a serene, frozen winter lake among white swans, Yan was ambushed by the grotesque, grasping claws of the creeping darkness, which violently snatched her from the sky and tore her wings away. She screamed for her Knight, Kain, who arrived like a hurricane to pierce the monsters.

2. The Promise of the Flower: In her memories, she broke down and innocently gave her giant, heavily armored Knight a small white flower as a token of gratitude. He died protecting her kingdom, but his protective soul never truly departed. In her adult years, during moments of intense isolation or trauma, his ghost softly returns to her side, silently gifting her a glowing, celestial flower in return to remind her that he still watches over her from beyond the grave.

3. The Magnetic Arrival: Asteria forces Yan into a political alliance. Upon entering the desert empire of Solaris, her cosmic starry magic instantly magnetizes with Feng Ling's sun-drenched butterfly magic to burn away the encroaching void. Watching from the throne steps, Lylian looks on, her bow clutched tightly in her hands as her brow furrows in a sharp mix of jealousy and deep suspicion as she realizes her cousin's soul is pulling toward this alien Star Princess.

4. The Abyss Rescue & The Lion's Awakening: Separated on a chaotic battlefield, Feng Ling is ambushed by a Fauna Devil born of the void that forcefully drains her energy, causing her to faint. Sensing her soulmate's extreme danger, Yan snaps, summoning her heavy battle armor and her giant holy claymore to hold off the black wave. As Yan begins to drown in the suffocating abyss of corrupt ink, the lingering soul of her dead Knight awakens as the Great Lion Beast, protecting Feng Ling and awakening her to charge back into battle with her claw gauntlets blazing.

5. The Flight & Awakening: Riding the Great Lion, Feng Ling charges up the chaotic battlefield. Her raw butterfly magic grants Yan a temporary new wing of pure light, allowing Yan—holding her massive sword—to snap out of her panic and successfully reverse the apocalyptic summoning, completely purifying the darkness.

6. The Brave Hand: After reversing the cosmic summoning, Yan collapses to her knees, weeping in intense guilt over almost destroying the world. Feng Ling, showcasing her unshakeable bravery, steps through the smoke, firmly grabs Yan's hand, and pulls her right up to her feet. Looking deep into her tear-filled blue eyes, Feng Ling tells her firmly: "There's nothing to apologize for. You were doing your best to protect everyone."

7. The Vulnerable Rooftop Question: Yan follows Feng Ling back to the palace of Solaris, finding comfort cuddling with Feng Ling's real-life pet lion cubs on her bed. Later that night, sitting on the rooftop overlooking the sand dunes, Feng Ling looks at Yan and drops her playful guard, asking the heavy question: "Tell me, Yan... do you like me because I carry the ghost of your dead knight? Or do you love the Princess of Solaris for who I actually am?"

8. The Shadowed Witness: Hidden in the palace shadows beneath the rooftop, Lylian stands with her golden twinblade resting against her shoulder, gripping her obsidian jewelry tightly as her heart breaks, realizing the cousin she has secretly loved for years is completely slipping away into the arms of the Asterian princess.

AN: gah im lazy to edit properly but i will add the angst where after Aeolian and Yan had fallen deeply in love with each other. Aeolian kissed and claimed her Star, that when the High Priest and Asterian Council broke the promise of the alliance as they secretly found male suitors for their Holy Star Princess Yan. They're forced into separation. huhu i also got more ideas of their parents lore, concept of the Void and Rafayel from Love&Deepspace cameo but yes im lazy to edit properly. as long as you love to explore this universe then here you go)

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AN: well Hello guys to Ghostblade inspired au but i make it wlw because i love Yan and Aeolian dynamic 🩶

So i will use the third person view as you can make your story if you want because so far i wanna be Feng Ling (Aeolian) and romance my love Yan 🦋

have fun chatting~