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✧ THE ARCANA - ROYAL FANTASY AU ✧
-princesses and princes. dragons and mages. knights and mercenaries. foolish love and forbidden romance.
☽ JULIAN DEVORAK
julian is the ever so chivalrous knight. too loyal for his own good. so loyal that he would die for the throne. he’s not the best with a sword but that doesn’t matter with just how true his loyalty is. the king adores loyalty above all, and that’s how julian ended up in his inner circle. and that’s when he discovers something better than loyalty to the throne.
his loyalty to you.
and he is so smitten with the eldest child of the king that he thinks of nothing else. stealing glances, making up excuses to be in your vicinity at all costs, and looking away when you catch him staring. it’s endearing, the way his cheeks flush when you smile at him. he never speaks to you but you start to find roses on your seat and you just know it’s him.
and so starts your illicit affair.
☽ PORTIA DEVORAK
portia is the seemingly obedient castle servant who always does as she is asked. she never steps out of line or speaks out of term.
but when no one is looking she sneaks off to spar with julian whenever she can. she’s better than him. she’s better than most of the knights in the castle. she wants to be a knight so badly but can’t. doesn’t want to risk it.
you are her reason.
she’s you’re personal servant and she’s in love. you’re in love too. sneaking kisses and holding each other away from prying eyes. clandestine meetings and longing stairs. a forbidden love that could get the both of you in trouble. yet, the two of you don’t plan on stopping it anytime soon.
☽ MURIEL
muriel is the hermit dragon trainer. he used to work for the king, training dragons for war. but he hated that the dragons were being used for selfish means, so he set them free and disappeared. most assumed he died.
you were the rebellious child of the king, sneaking off and exploring at night. too bad you ventured too far and got lost, finding yourself in the forbidden forest with untamed magic. you wouldn’t have made it back if you hadn’t found him first.
and he thought you were a dream because there was no way someone could have gotten past his dragon. he was shocked when you spoke to him, and even more shocked when he saw the royal family emblem on your cloak. he walked you back to the castle, sending you on your way. telling you not to come back.
he was frustrated when you returned the night after, bringing him fresh bread and fruit. his frustration lessened each time you returned until he found he longed for your presence, no longer the hermit he sought himself to be.
☽ NADIA SATRINAVA
nadia is the prim and proper princess of a foreign country, betrothed to your eldest sibling. you’re just happy that it isn’t you being forced into an arranged marriage. that is, until you meet her.
strong, beautiful, and smart.
after that, you’re jealous. hopelessly devoted. you can’t help but wish it were you she was supposed to be marrying. it’s just terrible luck and you can’t stand it, won’t stand for it. you crash the wedding, declaring your undying love for her.
everyone laughs but her. she would never laugh at you for being so brave. and before you know it she’s running towards you, throwing her arms around you, and kissing you like she’s wanted to from the beginning. neither of you wait for a reaction because you’re both running already.
making your own happy little ending even if it means being traitors to the throne. runaways in love.
☽ LUCIO MORGASSON
lucio is the vigilante assassin that’s hired to kill you, the eldest child of the king and next in line for the throne. he arrives under the identity of a foreign prince. it should have only taken him a few days to complete his mission. assassinate you and get out.
what he doesn’t expect is to fall in love with the way you laugh at him. or the way you look at him like he’s something special. what was supposed to be a few days turns into a week and then two and then he realizes he’s in too deep. he realizes he crossed a line he shouldn’t have when he kisses you and knows he fucked up when you kiss him back.
he tells you the truth when he realizes he can’t keep the charade up. sure, you’re mad at first. he doesn’t blame you. it’s his fault. he even expects you to tell your father, and get him locked up in the dungeon. but then you suggest running away with him and he is floored. but he’s in.
☽ ASRA ALNAZAR
asra is the nonchalant palace mage whose never actually been in love. how could he when he’s too busy catering to the king and his wishes? creating spells and charms, enchanting objects and weapons, and concocting way too many potions.
you take him by surprise. like, he can’t even focus when you just show up one day to pick up a charm meant for your father, the king. he accidentally spills a bottle of herbs when you smile at him and he swears his heart stopped. there must be something wrong with him. he’s got to be sick cause he can’t get you out of his head.
he doesn’t see you again for weeks and he finally gets enough and actually leaves his hideaway for once in like forever. everyone must have heard the way his heart was beating out of his chest when he saw you out in the garden, and he knows he shouldn’t but he ‘bumps’ into you kinda accidentally on purpose.
oh, and it’s the best decision of his life cause the next thing he knows he’s meeting with you in the garden frequently and he’s falling hard. he lives for those stolen moments.