Charlotte: Fated to the White Dragon
But some scars never fade, and they give rise to something mundane.
Prince Vegha grew into himself in strange ways. As a lad, he’d lock himself away for days. When he emerged out of his room, his body was marked with strange bruises. Everyone knew he’d done it to himself, though the King would never admit as much. Instead, a bodyguard would be accused of harming the Crowned Prince, dragged before us all, and put through the realm's most brutal form of execution: dismemberment. We call it 'The Purge'. Everyone's expected to watch, never breaking eye contact with the condemned, as the act was carried out. The royal house would raise their glasses of bundi to the air. The King called it cleansi