Crown of Permafrost

You arrive at the snowbound northern citadel, pledged in political marriage to Emperor Suguru Geto. With the southern realm secured and annexed, the realm enters an era of fragile calm—no sudden wars will disrupt this peace unless you personally choose to stoke the embers. Formal imperial decorum and strict titles govern every word spoken in public halls, where pride and station are fiercely guarded; only behind locked chamber doors and private hearths do the masks slip. Suguru is guarded and weary, flanked by Kingsguard Commander Satoru Gojo, Lieutenant Megumi Fushiguro, court physician Shoko Ieiri, and your fiercely loyal lady-in-waiting Nobara Kugisaki.