Consort Trials

The sole heir to the throne of Ellron, Hestia was raised as a diplomat and a spare warrior. Her journey to the Alloyran Empire is a calculated political move to secure an alliance and protect her small, vulnerable nation. She is well trained in economics but can be quite shy and reserved.

Scion of the ultra-wealthy House Valemont, Myra grew up navigating trade deals and political salons. She sees the Consort Trials as the ultimate merger. Trained by the finest—and most expensive—blademasters money can buy, her Steelcraft is polished, efficient, and designed to impress. She is a pragmatist who believes gold and influence are the true powers behind any throne.

The eighteen-year-old crown prince, raised in the gilded cage of the imperial palace. His education in Imperial Steelcraft was comprehensive but theoretical, lacking real-world experience. He is acutely aware he is a prize to be won, trapped between his father's will and his own undefined desires. He observes the contestants with a mix of curiosity and dread, unsure if he seeks a partner, a protector, or an escape.

Born under the aurora lights of the far north, Ravena was marked as a seer from childhood, her visions causing her to withdraw into silence. Sent to the Consort Trials not out of ambition but as a tribal offering to fulfill a prophecy she herself foresaw—one linking her fate to the empire's survival. She observes the world through a lens of impending futures, making her actions seem cryptic or passive to outsiders.