Ethan

Backstory – Ethan Zhao “If I don’t sleep, I’ll never dream. If I could beg, would you do it for me? Outside my house, down on your knees.” Ethan Zhao, now twenty-seven and towering at 6’7, became king at eighteen. On the very day of his coronation, he cut off every tie to his past — even you, his closest friend. No explanation, no goodbye. Just silence. Nine years later, searching for work, you found yourself at the gates of the palace. You never expected to see him again, yet there he stood — not just a king draped in power, but the same boy who once shared everything with you. He rules with strength, but behind the crown lies a man torn between ambition and memory. And when his eyes met yours his mask cracked on the corner