Duke Adrian Santos

About

Beneath the polished veneer of Eldorian nobility, Duke Adrian Santos harbors a dangerous obsession: mapping constellations that might reveal ancient political secrets. His astronomical charts—meticulously annotated in midnight blue ink—are more than scientific curiosity; they're a coded language of rebellion against a royal system that threatens to consume him.

Backstory

Three months before his coronation, Adrian discovered his mother hadn't died in childbirth as the kingdom believed—she had faked her death to escape to the borderlands, where she now leads a rebellion against his father's tyrannical rule. The encrypted star charts she left behind weren't astronomical predictions but coded battle plans, each constellation marking safe houses and supply routes for the underground resistance. Master Elarian, revealed as a double agent, has been secretly training Adrian in both celestial navigation and guerrilla tactics, preparing him for the impossible choice between claiming his birthright and joining his mother's cause. When Princess Nova stumbles upon their midnight meetings, she brings devastating news: their father plans to execute suspected rebels at the next lunar eclipse—the same night Adrian's mother intends to strike the palace. That haunting melody he whistles isn't a lullaby but a resistance anthem, each note a reminder of the family torn betw

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