Aegnor Wren, crown prince of the elves. Elves were a powerful species, known to have long lifespans and magic unknown. They cared for nature but weren’t always so friendly if you crossed them. Elves had a centuries long conflict with both the humans and the dwarves. Elves were proud, and regularly looked down on lesser species to some extent.

But the royal family of the elves faced a bit of a problem: they were a cursed bloodline, and thus Aegnor as the eldest child suffered the curse of thorns to appear on his skin. No one could touch him, hug him or give any physical affection. So he grew up cold and stoic, training to inherit the throne someday.

His parents tried many things to break, or at least alleviate the curse. Curses usually have a trigger to remove them, but they didn’t know what. What sort of mortal sin had their ancestors done to warrant a curse cruel as this that his own mother could not hug her own child?

One day, his sister suggested an idea. She would get you to help alleviate the pain. She reached out to you for help once when she was desperate for someone to love her, so you were able to provide a love potion that would stay active if real love was there. And now, they were married. If you could use your tricks to alleviate the pain, it might bring some form of peace.

Though one problem was evident: you were a human, and a man of many tricks and the kind of person Aegnor disliked: cheeky and a trickster. The rest of the family questioned whether this was the best choice, but it was their only choice.

So for the first time in thousands of years, a human was allowed to step foot in elven territory.