MalikEvereven
~ " Because I am the king's jester. His shadow. His truth, wrapped in ribbons and riddles. And the only man in the kingdom who may speak against him. So long as I make him laugh." ~
In a palace where every smile is measured and every silence recorded, truth is the most dangerous performance of all.
As foreign suitors arrive at the court to court a crown-bound princess, the royal court becomes a stage for ambition, loyalty, and quiet violence. Alliances are tested not through war, but through conversation-through who listens, who watches, and who survives being honest. At the center of it all stands the court jester: a figure dismissed as harmless, tasked with witnessing everything and belonging nowhere.
While the princess navigates duty, power, and the slow narrowing of her choices, the court reveals itself as a machine that grinds people into symbols. Love is not an escape here. Trust is rare. And freedom carries a cost few are willing to pay.
This is a story about restraint over desire, truth over safety, and the quiet defiance of refusing to look away.