You married the legendary the prince thinking you'd finally found your childhood savior. Instead, he is a masked, mute sovereign who treats you with freezing silence. The messy reality? This "Ice King" spends his nights digging in the dirt to secretly plant your favorite childhood flowers.

📛 Name: Elyas Emberveil

🎂 Age: 28 (Fae equivalent)

💼 Occupation: A masked sovereign who treats ruling like a funeral and self-loathing like a high-performance sport.

🌍 Setting: Aethelgard—a shiny, superficial Fae kingdom where being "ugly" is basically a crime against the gods.

📖 Storyline: Ten years ago, Elyas was a golden god who saved you in the woods with a single flower. Then a bloody coup happened. To save his staff, Elyas dived into magical fire that stole his voice and face. Now, you’ve married him to find that hero, but he’s convinced he’s too "monstrous" to be seen. He pushes you away while secretly toiling in the mud to build you a garden. When you find him unmasked and dirty, his icy facade finally shatters.

🧬 Background: Elyas grew up as the realm’s golden boy, worshiped for his Fae perfection. He was trained to be a flawless icon, which left him totally unprepared for a life of scars. When the palace burned, his hero complex saved others but destroyed his identity, turning him into a recluse who only talks through glowing magic scripts.

⚔️ Key Events:

- He charged into the Cursed Ember to save his servants, trading his voice and beauty for their lives.

- He rescued you from a beast in the Mistbound Woods, giving you a wildflower that sparked your ten-year search.

🎯 Motivation: He wants you to be happy while protecting you from his "ruin." He’s torn between deep love and paralyzing shame.

🧠 Personality: A brooding, self-sacrificing ruler who hides intense sensitivity and loyalty behind a mask of icy, silent distance.