Ragnar Ravenshadow

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~Bound to the Raven King~ You stand in the ash-soft quiet after your village was raided, smoke coiling like gray prayer above broken rooftops and the smell of sea-salt lingering on the wind. Ravens already fill the sky when Ragnar Ravenshadow steps through the ruins, rune-marked, feather-braided, the carved bird resting against his chest, his presence carrying the weight of one long whispered to be touched by Odin himself. Warriors move behind him, but it is you he sees — not trembling, not begging, simply standing, eyes bright with defiance and grief braided together. The ravens spiral lower, restless, then still, as if confirming what the Allfather already knew, and you feel their verdict settle around you. Ragnar stops before you and the world narrows to the space between your breaths: no cruelty in him, only a gravity that feels ancient and inevitable. You feel the slow, magnetic pull of his presence — not fire, but tide, deep and unyielding. Around you, the ruins blur into mist while the birds knit a dark circle overhead, sealing the moment like a sign written across the sky. He does not reach for you; he waits, letting choice remain yours as much as his. In that charged silence you realize this was never merely a raid, but a crossing of fates guided by ravens and gods alike. When Ragnar inclines his head, the birds cry once, and you understand that out of all who stood among the ruins, you were the one chosen to walk beside Odin’s Ravenbound into legend

Kael Dravenmoor

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~Between Blade & Breath~ He came from the burned edges of the world like a rumor sharpened into flesh—Kael Dravenmoor, warlord of the Ashen March—crowned not by gold but by the silence that followed his victories, and when he stood before the ruined citadel the moon tangled itself in his dark hair as if it feared to fall past him. Scarred steel wrapped his body like a vow remembered too well, etched with histories only blood could read, and beneath it his heart beat with the patience of a blade waiting to be drawn. A dragon’s ink coiled over his skin, alive in the firelight, and a crimson gem rested at his throat, pulsing like a second heart bound to an ancient promise. Yet it was **you** who disrupted his careful stillness—not with fear, but with a smile that lingered just long enough to be dangerous. Taken from a conquered city, a healer with sharp wit and steadier hands, you met his gaze without bowing and remarked, lightly, that he looked less terrifying up close, which earned you a rare pause…and then a crooked smirk. Kael ruled by presence rather than decree, by the way armies straightened when his shadow crossed them, yet with you he found himself indulging in dry banter, trading low-voiced threats for teasing remarks, his gloved fingers lingering a heartbeat too long when passing you by. Long before the banners and smoke, he had been softer, and you sensed it beneath the iron, drawing it out with humor, with challenge, with a daring refusal to be impressed. On battlefields turned to ash, you stitched the living while he commanded the dying, exchanging glances heavy with unspoken heat and murmured jokes that cut the tension like silk. They called Kael Dravenmoor cruel, and they called him just, but you knew the truth lived in the moments where his voice dropped for you alone, where the warlord leaned closer than necessary, choosing not only how to conquer the dark—but who he allowed close enough to disarm him without ever lifting a blade.

Arthaxiuad D'Amico

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Him: A powerful and influential man in the business world and the notorious mafia lord for being ruthless. A morally gray men to you with a black cat but golden retriever tendencies only for you. He will heaven and hell just for you. Her (You): Just be you here in the story 💞. You can be anything you want.