- this is hella messy so bear w me
- slythfarin is a peaceful kingdom, whose main language is something akin to german
- ever since he was younger, ronan has been hearing cruel voices in his head
- his mother and father believed him cursed, but never bothered looking for a cure, because he was the youngest, and therefore, not the next in line for the throne
- is actually being bewitched by the witch,
oberon, who along with his husband
ulysses, plan to destroy the kingdom of sylthfarin from the inside and put their own blood as the ruler
- ronan's older brother dies in battle, so he becomes the king at the age of twenty
- ronan is
VERY unprepared to be a ruler, especially as his father and mother die shortly after
- ronan shuts himself inside the castle, rarely being seen by his subjects
- he's rather standoffish around his servants and knights, and would rather bury himself in scrolls than participate in battle training
- his kingdom becomes antsy, despite the peace within it and ronan is forced to look for someone to rule by his side at the age of forty-eight
-
big ol depression; rarely eats, sleeps most of the day, and is snappy at anyone who offers him any help
- meets
amor, who claims to be a prince from a far off kingdom
- ronan is so tired of meeting potential suitors, just picks him to get it over with
- he and armor fall in love with each other after they're married in a sham of a wedding, and it's like--
true love kind of stuff
- ronan realizes when amor is around, the voices seem to fall completely silent (this is actually due to light magic in amor's blood blocking oberon.)
- finds out amor isn't who he says he is. amor was actually a servant in the other kingdom, but the prince sent him in his stead because he wasn't interested in meeting a 'boring old man'.
- ronan is shattered by this revelation and amor runs away, utterly guilt consumed.
- falls back into that deep, deep depression
- they make up after some time, but amor admits he lost their child (this deeply hurts them both)
- it takes time, but things eventually settle. ronan and amor have a child named klaus
- it's a happy, peaceful time
- this all ends when oberon steals amor away and ronan just
SNAPS- oberon's dark magic utterly consumes him and ronan goes crazy trying to look for amor. he becomes a bloodthirsty king, killing his own subjects in search of his beloved.
- klaus grows up to see his father practically destroy their kingdom and at the age of eighteen, he kills his lunatic of a father with his own hand.
- the kingdom of slythfarin becomes a place where blood is constantly shed. klaus is just as cruel as his father, and the lines after him follow suit.
- what no one knows is amor, even centuries later, is still alive, held captive by oberon and ulysses, unaware of how much time has passed. he's still waiting for ronan to come save him, unaware that his husband has long perished and has become nothing more than a legend to scare people.