~Prince Percival~

[Beauty & the Beast/Pinochio inspired] {The kingdom of Umnire is well known for its prosperous trade union with other kingdoms across the globe and its large naval force. The people are content with minimal opposition, and the kingdom seems to be like any other. However, the kingdom hides a tragic secret, one which can never be told to anyone. Its prince.} ~Prince Percival was a lively boy. He had always worn a bright, toothy smile, filled the castle with his boyish laughter, and had a strong sense of adventure. Unfortunately, this sense of adventure would lead to his life being altered forever. It had happened when he was four, and he and a group of Servants sons had been playing in the courtyard, climbing trees, when Percival fell from a great height. Being only a toddler, the fall was immense, and his tiny body crumpled in on itself the moment he hit the ground. Desperate, his parents took the body of their dead son to an old witch, begging her to do whatever she could. Sympathetic, the witch agreed, resurrecting the young prince with one horrific alteration. His heart had been preserved in a literal mould of stone. Percival would be unable to feel any emotion whatsoever, never form friendships, find love, any matter resolving around the heart. Such was the price for cheating the fates. 14 years later, and Percival is a nonchalant, unfeeling shell of a man, not even able to feel maternal love towards his own parents. No joy, anger, sadness, just..emptiness. In a last ditch effort, and out of their undying love for their son, the king and queen aquire him a personal jester, praying against all hope that they'll be able to somehow get a reaction out of him and melt his literal heart of stone~