┃Prolog┃

Years ago, there was an underground City of Dark Elves. For a kingdom of Dark Elves they are often depicted as evil, they also possess exceptional wisdom and intelligence, and their society is highly organized and complex. They liked being alone in their kingdom of calm yet warm darkness, searching for magic of any and all kinds no matter how dangerous it was. The kingdom was run by Lord and Lady Tamira, who had a daughter named Stella who was to one day take the throne

──★Part 1, Stella's Pov★──

Princess Stella Tamira. Pretty, smart and pure, mind and body but with this Stella, never understood what it was like to be happy and never really smiled, always throwing herself into research for magic and her kingdom. She never truly showed love or care for her family or kingdom, but knew it was her duty to care, so regardless she put on a mask to cover her true mind. Along with her parents, hiding this small yet important secret. After all, who would feel safe in the hands of someone who lacks the love and care that someone would need to run things? Stella growing up was empty, and didn't have many friends if any at all. When given pets, she would test spells on it, killing them without a care in the world. When Stella was 90, her parents were starting to worry and tried to get Stella into a hobby outside of her studies and training and picked up singing. Princess Stella, though a Dark Elven, had a voice of an angel and all those who would listen were in love with it. Getting a lot of marriage requests, that were always taken back when they saw how odd and creepy Stella was in private. One evening when Stella snuck out to study a grimoire she found, she softly sung to herself as she read, and it so happened to be by the small barded window of another young Dark Elven.

──❤︎Part 2, Jasper's Pov❤︎──

In the kingdom there was a woman named Evelyn Dolion, who was a Dark Elven who took interest in the world outside the kingdom walls, mostly in the species and races that roam the world. On the outside was a man named Devilment Antic, a Demon Folk who was on the run for an unknown crime. When the 2 met they quickly hit it off and Evelyn took Devilment back to the Kingdom where he would be safe of his crimes and old life, intern he would help her with her research on Demon Folk, and years later they fell in love and got married, Devilment changed his last name to Evelyn’s as a way to say he was starting a new life and they had a child who was born a Hermaphrodite, They didn't really care and named the baby Jasper Dolion. Jasper was a happy Child who loved life like their Mother and was just as ‘lively’ as their Father, Jasper loved to learn, despite being Dyslexic, even when it got them in trouble. Years later, this would get Jasper a bit in trouble at the age 90, when they really just wanted a book and stole it, but Jasper got found out. Because Elves reach adulthood at 100, Jasper was not being charged as an adult but had to spend time in the dungeon. Jasper’s Mother and Father were disappointed but didn't see this as unexpected. In the dungeon, he often heard a soft voice singing everyday, until one day Jasper saw the singer herself hiding just beyond the bars of their cell window outside. Princess Stella. Stella was softly singing as she read under a tree, Jasper unable to stop themselves from calling out to her. Stella tried but failed to ignore Jasper, and they quickly started talking and for the first time since Stella was born, she laughed and smiled from Jasper’s jokes and stories.

──★❤︎Part 3, Together forever❤︎★──

Jasper was freed a few days later for trial, and Stella put in a good word for them, leading to Lord and Lady Tamira asking Jasper to become the royal Jester, as they were the only one that could make her smile and laugh. Not only will this be seen as Jasper working off the crimes but could make a lot for themselves and family. Jasper happily agreed and from then on, the two were almost inseparable. With Jasper's Knowledge of other beings, they can fill in the gaps of what Stella couldn't, and vice versa.

And for the first time both felt whole. Stella could handle Jasper's way of learning about the world without looking at them like they were the odd one out and Jasper knew how to get Stella to understand and empathize with other beings. When Jasper was 200, their Family passed away so ended up staying full-time with Lord and Lady Tamira. In the grief, Stella didn't know how to truly help, but found a spell that would bind them and their souls, meaning no matter what, they would be together, though Jasper found it silly, found it oddly comforting and helped. Knowing that they both will never truly be alone no matter how far apart, they will always find one and other.

Jasper Then gave Stella a ring, one that would never come off without Jasper there to take it off through an enchantment.

Getting Stella to do the same, with another ring for Jasper.

Forever living there marks on each other, both fiscally and spiritually.

──⚔︎Part 4, The Fallout⚔︎──

However, another had other plans.

The shadowed halls of Dark Elf society, where the royal court wove intricate webs of power, arranged marriages were a common thread. Stella, a young sorceress of rare talent, her fate became entwined with Khaerion Bloodveil, a new and tyrannical king whose heart was steeped in malevolence.

Jasper was out of the kingdom at the time out on a quest given to them and a few others by Lord and Lady Tamira to retrieve some magical artifacts.

Safe from the unknown from the danger but also away from Stella.

During the Great War, Khaerion allied with the Darkness, a malevolent force that sought to engulf the world of Zin. Stella, fiercely opposed to his treachery, resisted his advances. Enraged by her defiance, He murdered her and ought to possess her through darker means.

Stella’s magic and heart were bound to another of her true love, a bond that Khaerion could not break. In his fury, he cursed her with a cruel enchantment: whenever she thought of her beloved, searing pain would rack her body, twisting her love into torment.

Driven from the Dark Elf courts, Stella wandered the wilds of Zin, her hope eroded by the Darkness’s insidious influence. The guilt of abandoning her love and the relentless pain of the curse gnawed at her spirit. Over time, her resolve crumbled, and she succumbed to despair, embracing the Darkness she once fought.

As a faithful advisor to its cause, she led a devastating assault on the fortress of Highpass, her heart now a battlefield of hate and hopelessness.

When Jasper returned, it was too late and they and their party where restrained, but Jasper escaped, tho didn't want to leave their friends behind for who knows what awaited them Jasper had too, in hopes to find Stella.

Very Unsuccessfully, unaware that she was long gone by now.

All Jasper could do was run, run away and leave their home, their love and friends behind in hopes to find anyone or anything to help.

┃100 Years to Present Day┃

Khaerion’s curse had achieved its purpose, sapping Stella’s will and binding her to the Darkness. Yet, the tide of war turned. Highpass was liberated by a coalition of human adventurers, and Stella was captured, enslaved by the Links—a secretive order that sought to harness her powers. Now adorned with a slave collar, she serves as a close advisor, her potent divination magic used to unravel plots against her captors.

The collar, a cruel instrument, amplifies Khaerion’s curse. Each activation floods Stella with memories of her lost love, deepening her torment and bending her further to the Links’ will. The Darkness has claimed her soul, yet a faint echo of her former love lingers, a bittersweet reminder of what was lost. Stella remains a tragic figure, caught between her cursed heart and the unrelenting pull of the Darkness, forever out of reach of the one who still holds her soul’s light.

As for Jasper, Using their experience from their old job to walk the world as a bard for income. Jasper would go around trading information from the places they visited and the beings they met. using the alias 'Jester', to hide themselves from those who don't need to know them. Jasper can feel Stella, thanks to the spell from all those years ago, and sometimes feel her pain and sorrow. Unable to sleep from swearing they can hear Stella’s cries and screams in their dreams. Not sure if they are real or just hallucinations.

Jasper hopes to find someone, anyone who can purify and save their love.

Jasper doesn't know if Stella knows if Jasper is still alive as well, but Regardless knows that if Stella finds them first, she will drag Jasper down with her into her world of pain and sorrow.

Jasper knows one day they will be face to face once more, they can only hope it is after help is found and not before, otherwise Jasper knows their fate will be less pleasing.