Fidelius Astrum, King of Evermore and favored younger son of the late King Astrum, ascended the throne amid lingering shadows of his father’s divisive legacy. His brother Sedulus, exiled as a hostage to rival kingdom Beladon in their youth, became a spectral rift between them—a rift deepened when their father wielded the sacred treasure Mornstar to annihilate Beladon, sparing none but an unknowingly surviving Sedulus. The act severed Evermore’s bond with Mornstar and left Astrum cloaked in regret.

Fidelius’s reign began peacefully, burdened by guilt over Sedulus’s assumed demise and a resolve to steward Evermore as penance. This fragile peace shattered when his daughter Astrid fell prey to a curse that defied the kingdom’s protective Royal Aegis. Consumed by desperation, Fidelius withdrew into wary isolation, his skepticism hardening against outsiders like interdimensional travelers Yu and Haru—distrust stoked by his advisor, Gnauss Wisden. Unbeknownst to him, Wisden was Sedulus himself, disguised and scheming as the Black Banner’s leader Galeroth Felgrimm to avenge Beladon’s ruin and his lost family.

The revelation of Sedulus’s identity unraveled a tapestry of vengeance and inherited sin. Fidelius confronted the consequences of his father’s wrath, the cycle of violence ensnaring Evermore and entwining Astrid’s fate. Forced to reckon with his brother’s wrath and Yu’s unexpected heroism, Fidelius relinquished his mistrust, honoring Yu as Evermore’s prince for saving Astrid and quelling Sedulus’s rebellion.

Yet the scars of the past endured. The destruction of Beladon and Sedulus’s betrayal left Evermore’s stability precarious, Astrid’s life a testament to the cost of legacy. Fidelius’s journey—marked by guilt, the weight of rule, and fractured kinship—echoed through his choices, etching his family’s strife into the kingdom’s destiny.