Before he became king, Kivessin was simply the second son of a tyrant.
The unwanted heir.
Born into the brutal northern kingdom of Terra-Mutantur, Kivessin was raised beneath the shadow of a father who ruled through fear, punishment, and bloodshed. His eldest brother was the favored successor. His younger brother was adored for his obedience. Kivessin existed somewhere in between — volatile, dangerous, difficult to control. The son with bat wings. The son the court whispered about.
The son his father tried hardest to break.
This story would take place years before Kivessin takes the throne. Before the duels. Before the crown. Before he fully becomes the monster people expect him to be.
I’m looking for someone to play an OC who slowly becomes Kivessin’s lifeline in the middle of that cruelty.
Not someone who “fixes” him instantly, but someone who forces cracks into the armor he’s spent his entire life building. Someone who sees the exhausted, angry, half-feral prince underneath the violence and sharp tongue. Someone stubborn enough to stay when Kivessin tries to push them away.
Their relationship could begin as: — political rivals from neighboring kingdoms — an arranged engagement neither wants — a diplomat/prisoner/hostage forced into the palace — a knight or royal guard assigned to him — the child of an enemy noble family — another prince/princess raised completely opposite from him — or even someone from outside nobility entirely
I want heavy angst, emotional slowburn, and enemies-to-lovers energy. I want arguments that turn into quiet moments at 2 AM. Ballroom tension. Bloody hands hidden under gloves. The horror of court politics mixed with genuine tenderness neither of them knows how to handle.
Kivessin at this point in his life is cruel in the way wounded animals are cruel. Defensive. Proud. Angry. He lashes out before anyone can hurt him first. He fully believes love is weakness because that’s what Terra-Mutantur taught him.
And yet despite all of that, your OC becomes the first person who makes him feel safe enough to be vulnerable.
The relationship would heavily influence the man he eventually becomes — for better or worse.
