Dragging in at last, as ACEDIA we have King Regalus D'Navion.And that’s the last of these! Ret
Dragging in at last, as ACEDIA we have King Regalus D'Navion.And that’s the last of these! Returning to our regular programming soon, thanks for following~Been rethinking which storyverse Regalus fits into. There’s a possibility I'mma stick him with Morgan and Magda since they need friends over there, by which I mean they need ANTAGONISTS! Mwahaha!Regalus’ ancestors were empire-builders, aggressive as hell, grew the kingdom of Kreev many-fold by gobbling up most of their neighbors. Regalus’ reckless father got himself exploded when he was too young to rule, so his mother took over for a decade during which she helped the exhausted kingdom chill the fuck out and descalate into peacetime. Since Regalus’ coronation, mum and son have run the country as a tight team. They face many perils. Loyalists to the former king who think peace = weakness. Back-stabbing relatives who’d like to yeet this regime right off the throne. A kingdom fringed with regions that were quite happily autonomous a generation ago and have not forgotten this. And on the personal front, Regalus is sick. He’s had an incurable parasitic infection since childhood that makes him look and feel like garbo. Colonial worms in all the tissues of his body, and a big ol’ queen worm using his guts as a palace. A fun and useful hobby for a king, Reglaus has developed a tolerance for quite a few poisons trying to kill them off. Unfortunately, his worms have tended to develop a tolerance right behind him. Reg is a pessimist, a nihilist, and a masochist. He says the only reason he hasn’t tapped out is his mother would lose the throne to his shitty uncle. But as tough as life can be, you only live once (‘Thank god…’), and the sin of acedia is to willfully waste that life, neglect your duties, to despair, and to stop caring altogether. Quite against his will, Regalus isn’t ultimately allowed to do any of these things! As he is taken hostage one day and whisked on a wild adventure with colorful crazy people who ain’t having NONE of his moping. Having to deal with real present danger with no fallback, safety net, nor place to run shocks him back to life. Blood pumping in his veins again, he realizes he is capable of far more than he would have expected (which was to die within days of leaving his castle). He even falls in love with one of his captors. This becomes uncomfortable when it turns out his kidnapping was orchestrated by several smaller nations with a proposition for the king… to provide doses of treatment for his infestation in exchange for an alliance with Kreev and other favors. Not one to be a puppet king but desperate for anything like a healthy body, back on his throne Regalus unleashes his cunning and seeks a way to turn this deal in his favor, perhaps with a hostage situation of his own…I never know where to mention this so just throwin it out there that Regalus silently considers himself transfemale. Doesn’t use female pronouns and feels like he can never act on this given his status. But people who know him wouldn’t be surprised. He leverages the royalty thing to wear his hair long and enjoy swishy silky clothes and a bit of jewelry without much comment or suspicion. His infestation stopped his growth as a teen leaving him a modest 5'1" for life, which probably has compounded his disdain of his birth sex. The king just feels like he would have fit into the world better as a lady. That said, he thinks his infection makes him completely revolting, misshapen, and hideous and, and… Regalus has a lot of body issues. -- source link
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