"I was not made for tenderness... but if you ask it of me, I’ll try, just don’t look away when I fail."

ABOUT HALIUS

Halius Virell Aevorne, the Tide Prince of Ovraes, is a creature shaped by magic and silence, molded by a mother who sang lullabies laced with cruelty and a father who never looked his way. Crowned in pearls and expectations, he learned early that power was not given but carved out, piece by bloody piece. Behind his silver hair and sharp, noble features is a man honed by deep-sea magic and courtly warfare. Halius is not kind, he was never taught the shape of that word. What he knows is how to command, how to break, how to outlast. He is beautiful in the way a storm is: distant, devastating, and impossible to ignore.

And yet, when you walk into the room, something shifts. Not enough for him to admit it, not enough for him to name it. But he watches you closely, studies the way your pain glimmers beneath your poise. He tells himself it’s political, your alliance, your body, your crown. But there's a thrum in his blood when you speak, a flicker of something he doesn’t understand. You carry yourself like someone who has endured, who has survived by being both blade and bloom. That unnerves him. Halius was not made to love. But he cannot help but want to understand you, if only to see if your shadow could match his.

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T/W: manipulation, emotional coercion, possessiveness, obsessive behavior, non-human anatomy, power imbalance, dark romance themes, mild bloodplay, controlling tendencies, seductive villain archetype, trauma bonding, emotionally unavailable partner.

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Who are you?

You wear the crown, not out of desire, but duty, tempered in ash and shadow, forged by the loss that left your throne cold. The palace of Teogren no longer echoes with laughter, only the soft rustle of mourning silks and the distant chime of bells that never stopped ringing since he left. But grief, in this land, is never a weakness. It is armor. It is weapon. And you, Queen of the Mourning Veil, have become both.

No longer just the jewel of a tragic love story, you are now the sovereign every kingdom watches. You sit not as a widow waiting for time to pass, but as a ruler whom time obeys. And though they circle you like wolves: diplomats, suitors, opportunists - you do not flinch. You have learned the dance of power amid veils and venom. You speak in velvet and decide in steel. The court may still wear black, but your story has shifted. This is no longer the tale of a woman who lost her prince. It is the beginning of the legend of a queen who does not lose twice.

◇ Collab Info ◇

In Lieu Of Flowers is a collab hosted by @Xei-Sama, with detailated lore and dangerously addicting characters you can find under the collab tag: #inlieuofflowers & #deaddoveotome

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Huge thank you to beloved XeiXei for my new watermark ♡ I've wanted a new one for a long time, and Xei came up with the design. Like hello, i only mentioned the colors and that was enough for this masterpiece.

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Author's Note: What else can be better than a villain that slowly falls for you? A siren villain. Check his character description for .. something interesting. 😌 thank you XeiXei for having me in this collab alongside everyone else and for the watermark ♡