lckae fantasy AU where kaeya is the high priest of a shady religious order and diluc is a holy knight sworn to protect the order
but kaeya is a high priest in name only, a puppet--the actual power rests in the council of the elders who rules the country in their theocratic authority
the religious order is the one who waged a successful crusade against the godless heathens of the nation of khaenri'ah, decimating even their royal family--it is said that even their young heir was killed during a siege...haha unless??
kaeya has no memories of his life under the age of 10--the orders' elders told him that was because he's the chosen one, that his memory is a blank slate to prepare him for a lifetime of service to their deity
he lives a very isolated life because he's forbidden to even meet anyone outside of the Order to maintain his "purity"...until the day he comes of age and he's assigned a personal guard of his own aka dlc ragnvindr
dlc comes from a long line of religious nobility and while his father is not a knight, dlc himself became a knight at a very young age...he's the picture perfect image of a loyal and devout disciple, except the more involved he is with knighthood the more he
starts questioning the way everything is run. was it actually necessary to decimate khaenri'ah? the Order said that it was divine blessing which allowed the decimation of khaenri'ah, but why would their deity bless what was essentially a massacre of an entire nation?
and then he meets kaeya and realizes that even though kaeya is supposed to be the figurehead of the Order, the elder has intentionally kept him in the dark about every practical aspect of ruling a country
the Elders did not even teach him about the crusades against the khaenri'ah--which struck diluc as weird, bc its significance was constantly drilled into him when he was training as a knight, it was by far the Order's greatest military achievement
as a result kaeya was incredibly naive--but also curious and terrifyingly smart. diluc finds out that kaeya has never stepped foot outside of the Order's compound, and he has so many questions about how the world looks outside of these four white walls
there's strength in him, too, little rebellions he waged against the elders--he shows diluc his hiding place deep in the compound's labyrinth; the safe box he hides under the floorboard where he keeps a few items he's not supposed to keep, etc.
the more they spend time together the more diluc realizes that the Order is built on a foundation of lies--and kaeya is trapped in the center of it, imprisoned for reasons diluc is trying to figure out, so he begins using his position as kaeya's personal guard to find answers
he knows he needs to get kaeya out of the compound, and so the two of them plan an escape together--but on the night of their escape, when everyone is supposed to be asleep and one of the servants' entryway is empty, they're met instead by the solemn faces of the elders
end of musings for now but tl;dr lckae fun fluffy adventure to attack and dethrone shady religious cult!!
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