The weight of the world rests on Kyungsoo’s shoulders.  Brother-in-law to the man who once tried to conquer the land, he now must do whatever he can to prove his loyalty to the new king.  Including, of course, throwing himself at the king consorts brother, a wild young prince with a savage heart and burning, passionate eyes.What starts off as a political play to secure the wellbeing of his people becomes something much more when Kyungsoo realizes that there is no need to pretend.  Kai wants him already - scars and all.  Now perhaps if he can only convince himself that this isnt real. Foreword Beta: xiaomitaoziGenre: Fantasy, RomanceTags: Tribal!AU, Medieval Kingdom!AU, Kyungsoo is at first a bit not good, mentally unstable Kyungsoo, strong-silent-tough-guy Kai, Sehun is kind of a third wheel, Sehun is still a loveable little shit, sehunxoc, side!taoris, side!xiuhan, side!baekyeolNote:  Direct sequel to taoris fic I See Fire.  Probably needs to be read in direct sequence, but will try to write as a standalone that makes sense.(Err, for those of you confused, this is a kaisoo fic with taoris as a side pairing, but Im not giving up on taoris either so dont you worry.)Playlist:  Based off of this playlist (to be embedded) and this song (for which the entire AU verse was created).Thanks to blacksodaholes for creating the graphic as always, its amazing, youre fantastic, ahHHHhHhHh I love you!!!!!!Also partially written for theminion because she keeps making me want to write kaisoo.  Also her stories are amazing.  Like how can I even compare oh jfc ilu. Inspired loosely by a large number of fantasy series, including but not limited to: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire - since Ive watched or read or heard these series, theres undoubtedly stuff in here that people will probably find familiar, although any similarities are not intentionally written to be that way - I just acknowledge the lack of complete originality in a fic like this :).  17 chaptersPlotlines: 100%Ch. 1: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 2: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 3: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 4: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 5: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100%  Ch. 6: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 7: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 8: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 9: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 10: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 11: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 12: Writing - 100% | Beta - 0% (Unbetaed) | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 13: Writing - 100% | Beta - 100% | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 14: Writing - 100% | Beta - 0% (Unbetaed) | Second round edits - 100%Ch. 15: Writing - 100% | Beta - 0% (Unbetaed) | Second round edits - 100%Ch. 16: Writing - 100% | Beta - 0% (Unbetaed) | Second round edits - 100% Ch. 17/Epilogue: Writing - 100% | Beta - 0% (Unbetaed) | Second round edits - 100%   Resources:Recap of the World and its InhabitantsCharacter Relationship ChartWorld MapEtc:Alternate Poster by rapurainFanart by StarsoncheeksTumblr | Twitter