[DRAFT] let the human in

Draft of Part 2 of “I am lost and led only by the stars”. Introducing a child OC of mine.

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cage me like an animal, a crown with gems and gold

He’s been wandering Insomnia for ten years now, waiting for news about Noctis’ return. It took only a day and a few orders to transfer the Crystal to Angelgard. Light is the weight of the Crystal despite Ardyn witnessing it swallow a whole person. It had glowed softly as if satisfied with its meal and Ardyn had thought it pitiful to have been the unfortunate living being to be chosen as its raw dinner.

Ah, but the Crystal is the soul of the world. It was only rightful that it ate the only untainted soul that walks. This may have been thought in jest but Ardyn cannot help feeling a small amount of bitterness somewhere in him. As usual, he harbors it and traps it along with his anger, holding onto the feelings amplified by the small whispers of the daemons with that same rage. 

He visits the throne room everyday, plays with illusions of its grandeur by hanging the corpse of the Emperor, the King, the Oracle, and the Glaive. Perfecting each detail from the color of the Emperor’s leather lapels to the ash and bones of Nyx Ulric’s arm, until they seem like the real thing and it gives Ardyn a bit of fun to imagine the Prince’s face upon seeing them.