__________________________________________ 26 | Human | Prince of Aurelia __________________________________________ Magic Specialty: Light & Earth __________________________________________ ✧ Height – 6'3" ✧ Build – Athletic/muscular ✧ Eye Color – Sea-Green ✧ Hair Color – Blonde | B I O G R A P H Y As the first born and eldest son of Aurelia, Flynn has always carried the immense weight of responsibility on his shoulders. Under his father's vigilant guidance, the king aimed to shape Flynn into a worthy successor destined to rule Aurelia. Since he was a child, Flynn understood the importance of the responsibility that had been bestowed upon him, and so he dutifully followed his father's example, striving to excel in every aspect of his training. Whether in physical combat, mastery of magic, military strategy, historical knowledge, governance, or royal etiquette, he approached each rigorous lesson with determination and skill. Throughout his childhood and adolescence, Flynn was cherished as the pride and joy of his parents, earning him the nickname "The Golden Child," a title that resonated even beyond the castle walls. Despite having seven younger siblings, Flynn remained the undeniable "favorite", consistently meeting and surpassing his parents' expectations time and time again. He set a shining example for his younger brothers and sisters, actively participating in their upbringing and later providing his own mentorship and encouragement. Flynn became the picture-perfect son and Prince, just as people expected him to be. While proud of his achievements, Flynn sometimes felt that no one truly knew who he was, yet he had come to peace with this realization. No one needed to know a King; a King needed to be the best leader possible. With countless lives at stake, selflessness superseded personal desires. At least, that what he had been told all his life. Eight years ago, when news of the blight first emerged, Flynn observed his father's response firsthand. Previous situations had been mere simulations, but this was reality, and Flynn was excited to see his father in action. With keen interest, Flynn studied his father and the royal war council. Gradually, his idealized image of his father began to unravel. Prideful, stubborn, and prone to selfish judgments, his father dismissed the plight of the kingdom's civilians as madness, attributing it to other causes. He instructed the Royal Guard to disregard the blight at first, but the reports persisted: villages destroyed, lives lost, and whispers of a new humanoid threat. Only when the blight encroached upon the capital did his father show concern, displaying little regard for those on the outskirts who had been enduring this poison for five years at that time. Consumed by resentment towards his father's true character, Flynn began to rebel against his royal obligations. He refused to attend his lessons and rejected the notion of marriage, a prospect his mother incessantly pushed upon him. Though seemingly minor acts of defiance, these rebellions offered Flynn a sense of liberation. Now 23, fueled by newfound freedom, Flynn delved into the kingdom's nightlife with increasing frequency. For years, he had been barred from direct interaction with his subjects, but if his father could indulge in selfishness, then so could he. In time, Flynn crossed paths with a woman at a local tavern. She was low-born, a nomad who travelled wherever the wind took her, selling odds and ends she found in her travels. She captured his heart, particularly given the potential for her presence to anger his parents. They saw each other in secret, concealed from the scrutiny of courtly eyes, for nearly two years. Flynn had felt that she was the only person to truly know him and see beyond his princely façade. Eventually, Flynn contemplated revealing his intentions to marry her to his father, but fate had other ideas. When the King announced Flynn's betrothal to the Princess of Lunaris, he was devastated. All the plans he had imagined up with his paramour were shattered in an instant. Flynn had never even laid eyes on the Princess, let alone considered her as a potential spouse. Their kingdoms had been bitter enemies for generations, and yet his father had agreed to the union without consulting Flynn. Shock quickly grew into to anger when his father disclosed the next step: to conceive a prophesied "savior child" with the Princess and then to be sacrificed upon its birth as an offering to the gods. Flynn's fury simmered beneath a façade of composure as he grappled with this unthinkable decree. How could his father be so incredibly selfish? The King had waited so long to act that now he would throw away the life of his eldest son for a plan that Flynn had no faith in. His mind raced with schemes to remove himself from this madness and he blurted out the first thing that came to mind. Instead of a guaranteed death sentence, Flynn pleaded to be allowed to establish a new colony. He proposed assembling the wisest sages and using his own expertise to research the blight, believing that with adequate resources, they could find a cure. When both kingdoms initially denied this request, Flynn sweetened the deal by agreeing to the marriage and pledging to conceive a child with the princess. This compromise was met with approval. Almost immediately Flynn was forced to uproot his life and make the journey to Lunaris to marry his future Queen. |