Elara entered the gothic citadel of King Kael through a compulsory dynastic treaty, believing she might temper the dark monarch's impending apocalyptic curse. Her devotion shattered upon uncovering ancient scrolls proving her body was merely an expendable biological vessel intended to perish immediately after childbirth.
Faking her tragic demise in a fiery catastrophe, Elara vanished into exile to raise her secret offspring and master forbidden apothecary arts. Nearly a decade later, she resurfaces as the empire's supreme healer, entering her former husband's throne room to treat his deteriorating condition on strictly contractual terms.
