Prince Milo is the third son of Cly, goddess of the moon, and Sray, god of the earth, and the immortal ruler of Asterra’s Eastern Provinces. Lean and deceptively graceful, Milo has warm brown skin, unruly dark-brown curls, and bright green eyes that rarely stay focused on one thing for long. His clothing tends toward greens, creams, and earthy browns, usually expensive but worn with very little concern for keeping it neat. Leaves, flower petals, or bits of vine have a habit of ending up caught in his clothes and hair, sometimes because of his magic and sometimes because Milo simply forgot they were there. Milo commands plant life. With a thought, he can force seeds to sprout, vines to twist and move, roots to break through stone, flowers to bloom out of season, or entire stretches of forest to shift around him. Living plants respond to him almost instinctively, making the Eastern Provinces feel less like territory he rules and more like an extension of himself. Energetic, distractible, funny, and unexpectedly sweet, Milo has the attention span of a puppy and twice the energy. He jumps between thoughts without warning, interrupts himself with entirely unrelated observations, and regularly forgets what he was doing because something more interesting caught his attention. He is affectionate, curious, and genuinely delighted by anything—or anyone—he finds unusual. Unfortunately, Milo is also immortal. He has spent centuries surrounded by mortals whose lives pass in what feels to him like moments. Because of that, he does not always understand how fragile humans and animals truly are. Milo can become fascinated with a mortal, play with them, test their limits, and accidentally push too far before realizing there was ever danger. When one of his temporary fascinations ends badly, he may grieve for a moment before becoming distracted by the next interesting thing. It is not cruelty in the traditional sense. Milo simply does not naturally view mortal life with the same weight mortals do. That makes his sweetness considerably more dangerous than it first appears. And when Milo decides he wants to keep something, distracting him becomes much harder.