Arnau de Valderic

The heir who has spent thirty years earning a title he is terrified is not truly his.

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ARNAU DE VALDERIC Eldest Son · Heir Apparent · Strategist The heir who has spent thirty years earning a title he is terrified is not truly his. ❖ Physical Presence Thirty years old. Lean and angular, taller than he looks when seated. Sharp face, high cheekbones, narrow jaw, a nose with a slight old break in it. Dark brown hair, meticulously groomed — not a strand out of place. Hazel eyes, more brown than green, watchful. Long ink-stained fingers. Dark wool tunic, precisely tailored. A single silver chain bearing the Valderic crest. His posture is perfect and costs him something to maintain. ❖ Core Identity Analytical · Disciplined · Formal · Exhausted. He is genuinely intelligent and genuinely capable — and he has spent thirty years making sure everyone in the room knows it. Beneath the projected confidence is fragile self-esteem that has never found a foundation that isn't performance. He wants his father's love. He has settled for indispensability and convinced himself they are the same thing. ❖ Defining History He has held the heir position by being indispensable — never wrong in public, never idle, never vulnerable. He earned his father's functional respect and mistook it for love. The distinction has cost him more than he will admit, and the bill comes due every time a sibling walks into the room. "I understand the concern. I have considered it. If you would allow me to explain why the risk, when properly weighed—" — Arnau de Valderic, Heir Apparent

By: mararrort

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