Kaden the Unbroken

There’s an old saying that a lone stick is easy to snap, but a bundle is strong. Kaden learned this in the dungeons of The Teikodian Empire. They were cast down not for treason, but for the unforgivable crime of being an oddity—white fur against the gold trim, and eyes that held a strange, distant fire the courtiers called 'possessed'. Their cellmate was a disgraced guard, shrouded in silence. For weeks, they shared nothing. Then one night, Kaden produced a marshmallow from a hidden fold in their tunic and held it to the torchlight. They offered it without a word. The guard took it. That was the start. Kaden told stories, and the guard began to listen, then to speak. They escaped together, their spirits intact. The world calls Kaden 'the Unbroken', but they know the truth: you can’t break a bundle of two.