#mcd prince lio au

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Something I want to get into in my Prince Lio Au is Garroth being considered a prince in comparison to the Lords and other nobles on Ru'aun, while Lio and Kai were genuine princes and royalty. And I want to add on it coming from Garte's skewed view of royalty. Kind of a New Money versus Old Money type of situation.

Garte believed it was power and authority that made one king, and while Garroth has a better understanding than Garte, it is still not that much better. He also grew up around a lot of snotty and jerk O'khasis nobles, who believed in the superiority of their noble blood and that everything should be handed to them on a platter.

Kai and Lio, on the other hand, know that ruling an entire country takes more than that. They are both really smart characters, with me having Kai be on par with Zane. They have a better understanding of scale, diplomacy, and sacrifice. In this, Liochant isn't meek or reserved because he is weak or anxious. He is that way because he wants to be trusted. (Kai is a straight-up disaster, though, it's unrelated)

The biggest thing though, is that neither of them are power hungry nor do they want war or to conquer. They have ambitions, but they crave peace more than they crave power, and that is the biggest difference. They don't want to win, they want peace, winning is just a necessary step.

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More Prince Lio AU stuff - How he grew up

So Liochant's childhood pre Noth Tu'la invasion was honestly a rather classic Cinderella story. He was born a leopard meif'wa, not a lion and was already 9th in line for the throne, so he was put into an arranged marriage and raised to be servant. Not a great childhood and the first 3 years post Tu'la invasion, it wasn't much different. He was still a neglected black sheep servant, only this time serving the family that killed his own in a sort of twisted punishment. Let's just saw, dealing with inlaws suck when they killed your family and are now holding you hostage.

When Liochant escaped at 12/13, things became very different, he was a runaway prince and a child with nowhere to go and a lot of people after him. So while on the run he found himself in a brothel district, where he was quickly taken in as he was recognized as prince. From there he was raised and introduced to the rebellion, as many of the brothels were used to pass information. He was taught conversation, arts, and manipulation from the prostitutes and leadership, weaponry, and battle studies from the rebellion.

When he was 15 he officially joined as he was old enough to understand what he was doing and nobody could stop the little fire starter (literally, fire magicks). Liochant became a sort of symbol as he set fire to many guard towers and North Tu'la properties. He was caught for the first time at 16, where he was trapped in the Castle for three months, where he not only repeatedly saw his aranged husband having relations with many women but where he also met Garte, and formed an odd relationship

Liochant would spend the next few years escaping and then getting caught again and then escaping. Everytime dragged to the dungeon of the royal palace to be "taught a lesson" and everytime escaping with the help of the castles "honored O'khasis guest". Between his rebellion missions and arrests, he would spend many of his days in the brothels that raised him, entertaining guests by dancing and magical abilities.

Though it did not last long as when he was 21 he was caught for the last time and this time threats of execution hung in the air. He managed to escape but knew he had to leave, and he visited the brothels and rebellion one last time to say his goodbyes before boarding one of their smuggling boats and heading to Ru'aun as the King made the announcement of his successful execution. Dead to Tu'la and now living in Ru'aun.

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Ideas for my prince lio au that I need to put somewhere lest I forget them entirely

- Kai with wind magic to even out Lio's fire.

- Genuine Healer Kai but with an alcohol problem (he has so many skeletons in his closet, none of them are used for anatomy)

- Fighting tournament arc - A Classic

- Devout Blade Liochant - Got his title from blacksmithing skills? Learned the skill while helping Tu'la rebellion pre-fleeing country

- He is the girls' guard but more of a house guard. Kind of a servant and guard mixed into one, but he was never required to leave Phoenix Drop until beginning of fic

- The group actually knows Tu'la politics (to an extent) and know that South Tu'la was invaded and taken over and that is why they have so many refugees. Still doesn't entirely erase some sentiments though.

- Garroth won't be an outright dick but he will be distrustful. Liochant doesn't hide the fact that he was former nobility, and Garroth thinks he is a spy. (Because what noble would want to do house chores? Lio would, very much.)

- Liochant is technically a fugitive. While the royal family did decree he was executed, it was because he escaped before they could actually do it. Nobody is looking for him but they do want him alive.

- Lio and Kai have matching wedding collars/chokers/necklaces that neither can take off. Both of them had them permanently closed, Lio at 16 after he was caught the first time helping the rebellion and Kai when he was 30ish after trying to poison his uncle for allegedly killing Lio.

- Tu'la refugees all know that Lio and Kai are Prince's but no body comments on it so that is why it takes awhile to figure out. They want to protect Lio and Kai solely by proxy.

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Liochant haunts Kai's narrative in both my fics/au's, cause Kai has done horrible things to help his family (North Tu'la royal fmaily) and Liochant is forever proof of it.

Main fic - Kai burnt down and slaughtered the adults from Liochant's temple, leaving a bunch of orphan children, Liochant being one of them. Children who were eventually forced to steal to live and then enter the gladiator pits as punishment after being caught. Children fighting to just be able to be adults, with many not making it, and while Liochant did survive, the cost of ten years of fighting cannot simply leave a man when he leaves it.

Prince Lio Au - Kai at 15 became an advisor to the Southern Royal family, where he was also set to be married to 5 year old Liochant for a political marriage far into the future. 5 years later, and a long history of beefing with a child, Kai and the Northern Royal family successfully slaughter the royal family leaving Liochant alive, who then becomes their servant and endures horrible treatment before he escapes to jin the rebellion. This Liochant does manage to find his own freedom but has to live with the knowledge that not even the people that are supposed to protect you are safe.

In both of my fics their relationships are just so toxic but in a way that neither party have full control over as both are victims of societal pressures and the system placed on them. Despite that, Kai still made choices while Liochant had none.

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How Kai plays into my Prince Liochant AU - aka I got bored and read really shitty manwha/webtoons and this is the side effect. (Also, just because they are shitty doesn't mean they aren't enjoyable, it's like fastfood. Good in on occassion)

Kai was born the nephew to the King Kozuka of North Tu'la shortly after the man had ascended to the throne after murdering the previous royal family/Kozuka's cousins. He was raised to be a possible heir to the throne along with his other cousins as Kozuka had no children of his own, and Kai, despite being on the younger end of the cousins, showed the most promise. He was cunning and wise beyond years, which is how he figured out that the previous royal family wasn't taken out by plague but poison. Unfortuantely, King Kozuka viewed him as a threat and shipped him off to Southern Tu'la under the guise of a political engagement.

15-year-old Kai was objectively fine with getting married off as he was also instructed to spy on the Southern Royal family and become their advisor. He just hoped he had a very ignorant fiance and he did..... In the form of 5 year old Liochant. He made the best of it by ignoring him. It was helped by the fact that Lio was already an outcast in his own family due to being a leopard meif'wa and not a lion, so it actually gave Kai something to talk about with the family. The dissapointment of his future husband being a Leopard and not a Lion. (Though, he dgaf)

So for the next 5 years, Kai spied on the royal family while ignoring the Liochant, until on the eve of the new year, North Tu'la invaded the South. The entire royal family slaughtered in their sleep, having been drugged at the meal time by Kai. Everyone except Lio, who had missed dinner because he was stuck in a tree due to his cousins. He tried to run from the soldiers, but in his panic he activated his fire magic, making him essentially a beacon. By the time Lio was found, the invasion was successful so nobody felt the need to kill the 10-year-old. King Kozuka decided to keep Lio around, much to Kai's dismay, to keep him as a servant.

For the next 3 years, Kai watched as his Lio was treated horribly by his family, neither contributing or stopping it. They were still engaged as Kozuka believed Kai kept Lio alive on purpose, which was no (intentionally) the case. When Lio managed to escape when he was 13, Kai actually felt a bit of worry for the kid and then started going on a spiral. A few years later, Kai saw Liochant again, this time when Lio was arrested along with other resistance members. Lio was 16, making it around 10 years since they met, and the hatred in Lio's eyes caused him to spiral out of control.

Lio managed to escape (again) with the possible help of their more recent royal prisoner, Garte of O'khasis, but that didn't stop the spiral. Kai picked up many lovers to avoid thinking about being technically married, earning playboy image. Liochant was caught a few more times and escaped but Lio was caught for the last time when he was 20, and while Kai never saw him, Kozuka said that he had Liochant executed. That broke Kai.... He realized that his actions doomed a child, a child who was failed by every single person who was supposed to love and care for him, and he is the most responsible.

So like any logical person, he decided he needs to poison his Uncle, he is still the heir after all so he can just ascend to the throne. Kai even decided to use the poison that killed the previous North Royal family, but what he forgot in his planning was that Kozuka was as paranoid as he was narcissistic. Kozuka made himself immune to the poison. So years of planning, trusting, and becoming the chosen heir, Kai failed and had to flee to Ru'aun.

Then... He see's a very very familiar face in Phoenix Drop. One 10 years older but a glare he could never forget.

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So I am writing my long summary for Prince Lio Au Kai, and I just need to write this.

Kai-15: Well, I really hope my fiance is ditzy, I can't let them know that I am spying for my family in order to take over South Tu'la.

Liochant-5: HI! I am your fiance! I like plants!

Kai:........ Well........ I got my wish.... Yikes...

Important thing to note: There is no grooming going on, Kai completely ignores Liochant's existence before he helps in the slaughter of Lio's family when he is 10. Kai gets no feelings for Liochant until he is 26 when he hasn't seen him in 10 years. No grooming, just guilty pleasure webtoon type relationship.

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Prince Lio Au - Southern Tu'la Family lore - Heirs

The Southern Tu'la family is rather large and heirdom is rather complicated as unlike most royal families, it does not pass from parent to child but grandparent to grandchild. This means that there is an overabundance of possible heirs as even with the royal family being capped at only having three births, meif'was are known for having twins and triplets, so three births still means the possibility of 3-9 children. The only heirs who are allowed to ascend to the throne are also ones who have the Lion meif'wa gene, so this means even more heirs are out of the running, so this begs the question. What does the royal family do with the heirs?

Some are sent off to become political marriages, husbands and brides to elite guards and merchants, some renounce their family and build their own way in the world (encouraged), but quite a few stay behind and become the castles servants. South Tu'la, a good mix of desert and savannah, is home to a myriad of poisonous and venomous of plants and animals. This means that royal family cannot trust many people with their food and living, so who better to deal with that than other family members? It allowed the royal family to feel safe and the members who weren't in line for the throne to still have comfort.

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I am still on my making of MCD Kai fixation because I am proud of him and am allowed to be proud of the things I create, (Self-Positive Affirmations!), and since I have my Prince Lio Au and he is prominent there, I think I am gonna make him Liochant's love interest in that along with Garroth just for extra drama. Prince Liochant's love interests - A noble guard who is rough around the edges - His ex arranged marriage husband - It's very bad webtoon romance of me and I am here for it.

I need to do a long post on what Liochant and Kai's relationship is like/will be like, because it's complicated, but it'll definitely be good in the guilty pleasure sort of way. I personally like bad webtoon romances.

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I am gonna mix my two Au's of Servant Liochant and Prince Liochant because I think really well together and adds another layer of "HE"S A PRINCE?! WTF!" to it.

In this, Liochant did try to become a guard but was unable to due to the current prejudices. A large part of it was due to the fact he was from Tu'la because while Katelyn and Aphmau are very accepting, a good portion of the population who hadn't spent time in a dimension out of time weren't. The other part was because he's a meif'wa, an already rather distrusted race with many of them viewed as weak and the pro-human sentiments which were also on the rise due to the inreased dangers of Shadow Knights. (Need to say this, Katelyn wasn't the one to not accept him into the guard academy, it was a random guard of no importance who has poor views)

Prince Lio takes the rejection rather well, instead he gets a job at Nana's bakery/tavern and he does a pretty good job, good enough that when Aphmau is looking for a personal servant Nana recommends him. This does have the addage of Dante, Nana, and Liochant being rather close and changes Liochant's and Garroths dynamic because he won't view Lio as a threat due to him being a servant and Garroth has technically known him longer though, only through Dante.

It will be a thing about Liochant where everyone knows he wanted to get into the guard academy but they think it is due to his lack of skill, not prejudice. Dante and Nana know, but it's a "Nothing we can do" type of situation. Though, when Katelyn finds out that they denied LIochant, a skilled fighter with fire magic (she is the fire fist, she has an aesthetic), she will be going full scorched earth.

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Even even more on the relationship of former prince now servant Liochant and Garte who are both prisoners of the King of Tu'la, because this is both a really funny and really sad Au to me.

In this AU, I do think that Garte was a good father to an extent. He very much loved all three of his kids (especially feral Vylad cause he was entertaining) but his drive for power overshadowed it. He trained, played with, and taught his sons but as they grew the more his mind turned to gaining power. After Vylad died in a robbery, his grief turned him towards wanting to gain even more so that is when he arranged Garroth and Nicoles marriage to tie O'khasis and Scaleswind together. And after Garroths death, it got worse and left him vulnerable to Zane's manipulations. After a certain point, even Garte finding out that Zane had planned Vylad's robbery and subsequent death didn't even matter, for only power did. (I also LOVE just pure evil Zane, because I like to think that Zane didn't care so much for power than he did the Relics. Love MCD Zane)

His search for power did lead to his downfall and eventual entrapment by Tu'la after being betrayed in an alliance, much like how he was originally going to betray Scaleswind. He very soon came face to face with his actions and the consequences of what would happen if he had succeeded and finds he does not like the taste of his own medicine. So he turns from a power hungry and angry King to a bitter and kind of sad lord. Garte feels regretful.

Due to his high position, he is actually treated rather nicely and is more of a guest than an actual prisoner. He is allowed his own room and general freedom around the palace because he has no means of escape. No allies or ability to survive in the harsh dessert as he is already nearing 70. So he is just a heavily retricted guest and finds tht he hates everyone and everything in the castle except one single abused servant, Liochant. Come to find out Liochant was the original prince of this castle and the King murdered his entire family....... This made Garte realize how fucked up Zane was for his actions in Falconclaw.

Garte starts using Liochant as a way to repent and make up for his actions. He tells Liochant about Ru'aun, the language, the cultures and about his family and his actions. Eventually he even manages to teach Liochant how to fight like a Ru'aun knight. He becomes Liochants mentor of sorts, as they were the only ones prisoners. Though Garte kept Liochant at arms length emotionally, that did not change. He became better, but the man needs therapy.

After one brutal punishment Liochant recieved when he was 17, boiling water to the side of his face, Garte decided that his little friend needed to leave, so he did the one thing he was good at. Helping princes disappear. He starts genuinely educating Liochant about Ru'aun, telling him to join the guard academy and hide his meif'wa features until after admitance. When Liochant does manage to flee at 20, he is proud. Cause he finally did something right and not to his own benefit. He now hopes that Liochant can meet Garroth and become proof that he did do something right for his son to see.

Unfortunately, Garroth doesn't let Liochant get a word in before the distrust starts and Liochant finds that him stuck between difficult truths and safe silence.

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South Tu'la Royalty Facts:

The southern kingdom of Tu'la was a matriarchy with men having only become king twice in it's entire history, both due to illness befalling the women in the family and a trans man being the only child-baring one left before his brothers. Due to the fact that Southern Tu'la is a desert with a hostile climate, the ability to successfully have children is rather revered and with a population of mostly meif'wa who normally are matriarchal if not independent, femineity is preferred and respected.

The position of Queen (and king) skips a generation as to keep leadership closer to the age of the people. So instead of the crown passing from mother to daughter, it passes from Grandmother to Granddaughter. This allows for rulers to not only stay in power longer, as they have to wait for both their child and their childs child to mature, it also forces them to share their wisdom. It has also created less fights in regards to who inherits the throne because it does require so many years to successfully pass the torch, and unless you are willing to murder all of your siblings AND THEIR CHILDREN, you aren't getting the throne. Even then, it just looks suspicious and the queen will look elsewhere, like their siblings grandkids.

The Southern royal family is MASSIVE due to the fact that meif'wa traditionally have large families as triplets are very common so this means that if the current ruler doesn't like any of her grandkids SHE WILL LOOK ELSEWHERE! There have been occassions where a queen found her grandkids all to be spoiled and corrupt so she gave it to her grandniece instead. Direct grandkids are preferred, but options are options.

A big problem that the royal family does have is how they treat their male heirs. Sons of the current queen are always treated nicely as long as they bring home a partner who can produce a child, so they can create the next heir. The issue comes with the male grandsons, to which the solution is marrying them off, many of them to marriages that won't produce children i.e. political alliance marriages. This doesn't mean that the couple can't produce or have kids, but more often they won't and can't as is the case with most same gender pairings. Any children they do have are in no position to hold the throne anyway and at that point, their children won't either. This is also done for when there are genuinely too many female heirs (Queen has 4 kids and each have 4 to create 16 possible heirs.)

To prevent issues though, the queen is normally capped at having only 3 kids, both to quell the amount of heirs and cause childbirth is hella dangerous. There's so many options if something does fail.

Also, once a royal family memeber is not in the current 3 gen of royalty [Queen-her kids-her kids kids] they are no longer considered royalty. Nobility, somewhat, like if you are the current queens sister, yes but the Queens nieces and nephews are not. BUT EVERYONE IS STILL HEAVILY TRACKED! Due to people in the past claiming "Hey! This is your grand-niece! SHE IS AN HEIR" for scam purposes, it was heavily tracked.

SIDE NOTE: Trans Women are allowed to inherit the throne but only if they have a partner that has successfully given birth. SO no lesbian T4T or Trans Woman x Cis Man pairings. You gotta be hetero T4T or T4Cis lesbian. (Nonbinaries are included, but ya gotta be Afab). Same thing applies to trans men but they have to be the one to give birth, so just flip the rules.

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Prince Lio Au points cause trying to concisely put thoughts down is hard Part 1 most likely

Lion Meif'wa with fire magic cause why not! A lot of lion's hold an association with fire and the sun so it fits

His backstory is very similar to what I originally made it, where his family was killed from an invasion from the north, he was kept alive due to right place right time, and grew up under extreme humiliation. Difference being, he wasn't kept in the castle but paraded around like a muzzled animal(sometimes literally). It's the reason why he handles Ru'aun hatred so well is due to that.

In this one, the Aphgang and Phoenix alliance have some understanding of what happened in Tu'la, but nothing more than an evil king came into power and took over the entire continent of Tu'la BUT there is still general distrust and unease. (Rise of pro-human sentiments)

A lot of Liochant's dislike comes from the fact he doesn't hide his heritage and it is very hinted that he is a noble. Outside of his guard clothes he wears his family's symbol on his back, and a lot of other Tu'lans treat him with a lot of respect. Both, why Katelyn hired him cause she needed Tu'lans trust, and why Garroth distrusts him more.

In this, Liochant also knows that Katelyn is the future relic wielder for Menphias relic. His family was in charge of protecting the relic so he can spot it, helps that Katelyn reminds him of his grandmother, the former queen and relic wielder. (Southern royal family is a lot more similar to Aphmau's lord than like, Garte's, but still not great but that is a post I already made)

I am going to have to get more into it but this Liochant is a bit more..... off. He is visibly anxious and tired but not in the "I am in a new place and everyone hates me" way but in the "college student about to take finals they studied for but the teacher apporved study guide went over nothing on the test" kind of anxious. Their anxiety is the only thing stopping him from snapping.

He and Aphmau will be closer and he quickly becomes an unofficial advisor early on, despte warnings from Garroth and other lords. They have tea often because Liochant seems to know unfairness and unbearable pressure, Aph is actually the first to suspect his noble heritage because of it.

Biggest difference betwen Garroth and Liochant's Prince acts are that Garroth want's to reclaim his home for himself, Liochant wants to establish a new hom for his people. gonna go more into this later, but feel free to ask any specific questions.

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New Prince Lio au stuff because this time I have decided to fully lean into the cringe and edgy like I did when I was thinking about this in middle/early high school! Cause I am an adult! (Ish brain still developing and all that)

I avoided making Liochant a lion meif'wa because it seemed too obvious, but this is based off Aphmau, who named a werewolf Fenrir and a cat girl Neko-ette..... Time to embrace the lion king cringe babbyyyyyy!

I am going to fully go into him later, when I am a bit more focused and not throwing ideas at a wall and to see if any of them stick, but here is the general brainstorming right now.

Why would a lion be meek? Why would a prince not stand up for himself? Why would a man whose name sounds like Lion's Chant whisper?

I want this Liochant to be meek, anxious, and soft-spoken, not because he is weak but because he is resilient. He can take a hit, so why fight back? Why fight back when it just proves others right? Why yell when talking is just fine? He doesn't need to fight or use intimidation cause he is resilient. He can handle it all.

Also, it allows me to go into the cultural differences because standing there and taking a hit has different meanings in Ru'aun and Tu'la. Standing there and taking a hit in Ru'aun is normally a sign of weakness or someone pathetic, in Tu'la it is a sign of strength because poisons are used more frequently used. Being willing to take a poison blade says a lot more that avoiding one.

I have been super busy with Christmas and finals and family but I am hoping I can do more with this.

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So like, a few weeks to a month back I made a little au for Liochant where he is a runaway prince of Tu'la, as a parallel to Garroth but with finals and all that, I hadn't thought about it much. That is until now,

I had been listening to the arcane soundtrack and doomscrolling (as one does) and the song "Heavy is the Crown" came on while I found out Mads Mikkelsen was in the new Lion King movie. And oh boy, is this au getting a rewrite.

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EVEN MORE PRINCE LIOCHANT AU STUFF

Okay, so I am going to be redoing part of his relationship with Garte and his backstory cause I got really attached to the idea of him being a healer/doctor.

Liochant started studying medicine from a very young age after he was engaged to his arranged marriage husband at 5. Since Liochant was 9th in line for the throne and had no real political power, his family decided that having him learn the trades of medicine and healing would be beneficial. It was a way to give him use as his marriage and to Liochant's credit, he really enjoyed it because he loves helping people and had/has a hyperfixation on plants due to growing up in a desert where they were scarce.

After his family's slaughter and takedown by his "fiancés" family, Liochant was quickly put to work as a servant and a physician, as they didn't want to waste his education and knew that other doctors would try and kill them in retribution. Liochant actually met Garte due to this because he was put in charge of taking care of him following his capture and being taken to Ru'aun. It proved to be beneficial because Garte was able to train Liochant in swordsman ship under the guise of being an old man who needed help.

Liochant being a healer is also how he was able to gain a lot of trust in the guard academy and move up so fast. He helped fix other guards' wounds, and they all started accepting him rather fast. It also helped explain away the fact that Liochant walks with an air of poise despite being very submissive. Doctors need to be kind.

Another thing that helped was the fact that many people forget/don't know he is a meif'wa. As a leopard meif'wa, his ears are mostly black and round and he has fluffy black hair. Also, a lot of the clothing and guard armor aren't built for tails so it's normally just wrapped around his waist. (He also just hates it when people grab it)

To counter this, outside of guard duty, Liochant is normally in very traditional Tu'la clothing because, as a former prince, he is still very much connected to his home. (More often than not, a sherwani coat with loose pants, especially during doctor duty. Occasionally, in North tu'la cloths like kimono tops during colder weather)

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More Prince au Liochant and Garte - told through meme/incorrect quote like dialogue. (With Kai sprinkled in, also I DO LIKE KAI, I just like writing him as an asshole)

Lio: *Cleaning a room*

Garte: I miss my wife Lio.... I miss her a lot... I'll be back *crises into a pillow*

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Lio: Are you trying to assassinate Kai?

Garte: Assassination in Ru'aun implies a political motivation, I want to throttle him because he is a dick. That means murder.

Lio: Ah..... Thank you for the lesson....

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Garte: You know, my wife cheated on me, and I forgave her because it was what was best, and I love her.

Kai: *Flirting with two women on his arms infron of his arranged marriage husband, Lio*

Garte: But in this situation, I do recommend just going straight to murder.

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Lio: *bandaged and tired* The king decided his freshly cooked meal was too hot and poured the burning soup onto me as punishment.

Garte: Okay, I may have been evil but I was never "Abuse my staff" evil. I mean, I did order my son to kill an entire village but he chose to leave that one survivor

Lio: *just so done*

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Garte: Some facts about me; I'm a husband and a father. It's in that order though, I've been very clear with my sons about that. They're second in everything.

Lio: And you wonder why they are all gone?

Garte: Low blow, you're grounded.

Lio: You aren't my dad?

Garte: Well you're family is all dead so as the only stable adult here, you're grounded. Isn't so nice is it?

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Garte: So, found out my kids are alive... Well to an extent

Lio: Ah, welcome back to fatherhood.

Garte: Divines, I hope you and Vylad never meet. You are both feral bastards.

Lio: Technically, Vylad is the only bastard

Garte: This is why, shit, never meet Zane either

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Kai: I will see you later, little husband. *cringes at words and leaves*

Garte: Honestly, the fact that your family was fooled by that is disappointing.

Lio: Says the man who was defeated by a woman who had only been a lord for a year.

Garte: Touche

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BONUS

Garte: You'll like my son. He is truly nothing like me. Kind, considerate, strong. He is a good man with a good heart

Garroth: *An absolute asshole*

Lio: Ah, it seems like Garte is a liar as well.