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Peony Upala Malkuth [3/?]

[feverish_love]

Letters were exchanged between the two, through Nephry’s window. These letters professed words of casualty, and words of ardor. As the letters progressed, the feelings grew. Being the charmer he is, Peony gave Nephry a letter-opener, of the best quality mind you, as a token of his attachment to her. To him, she was the most beautiful creature. Flawed, he knew, but beautiful in her own right. She was intellectual, smart, and everything that he admired in a person.

The letters continued until one day, Peony was summoned to the Capital. His elder brothers had been killed, and he was to ‘train’ to take the title of Emperor. Peony parted Nephry with a promise of forever, professing his adoration for his love and friend. He promised her his feelings would never fade, and that he’d wait forever, if that was what it would take. Social class did not matter to him, and all he sought was happiness.

Upon returning to Grand Chokmah, the capital, the letters continued, ardent for quite awhile. Things changed drastically, however, when Nephry received her yearly Score, which read her future. Nephry was to marry another man within that year. Not Peony but another man. Taught to listen to the Score faithfully, Nephry was broken-hearted but accepted. Although she tried to hide her love for her childhood friend, it was evident she was torn apart by the news she had to pass. Hearing news of her Score, Peony rushed back to Keterburg, only to face the biggest rejection of his life.

The woman he wished to marry was to marry another man. Although Peony had always been a righteous man who believed in the Score just as much as anyone else, knowing that he and Nephry would be torn apart destroyed him. In anger, he told her that the Score did not matter and that their love was stronger than it. Nephry refused his plea, urging Peony to think about his country, his people, and his responsibility, and told him she would marry another. Not wanting Peony to torture himself and dwell on the rejection or any false hope, Nephry returned the gorgeous letter-opener, bidding farewell to the man she had loved.

With nothing else left to do, and a broken heart, Peony returned to the capital. Shortly after, he took his role as Emperor. It was all he could do to watch as Nephry married another man. Knowing that he had lost the love of his life, Peony decided not to marry again. Casual flirting, conversations, and whatnot would be enough for him. If he could not marry Nephry, he did not wish to marry, ever. He had made a promise to wait for her-and wait he would, even if it meant the afterlife.

During this, Jade came into the military under him. Glad that he had an old friend close by, Peony was enthused when Jade earned the rank of Colonel. Jade continued with his earnest attempts to label them as ‘not friends’, just as Peony continued teasing the man. After all, Peony was an Emperor, high above the rest. And Jade had his own sins to take into consideration.

Despite it all, Peony ruled righteously and strongly, right into the beginning of the game. And the rest, as they say, is history, due to the fact that canon-knowledge of Peony’s ruling years are little to none.