Rowan x Rowan x Arlo Lore
Rowan takes Adonis as his knight and gives him his name (Adonis was previously called Mail). They take a year to warm up to each other. In that year, Rowan almost takes Adonis’ eye out. In year two, they've become friends, and by year three, they are crushing on each other. In the ten years between them meeting and Rowan succumbing to the curse (The Fall), they dance around their feelings for two more years until they end up getting drunk and sleeping together. After that, it cements their unspoken feelings.
Rowan sleeps with nobles to keep them in check, and one in particular abuses him, but he is unable to get rid of him due to the duke being very powerful. Adonis hates this but can't do anything, so he just takes care of Rowan after the times he sleeps with a noble.
They find an orphaned six-year-old werewolf and take her in (Mila). Rowan visits his soldiers on the battlefield, and during one of these visits, he and Adonis are ambushed. The men force Rowan into sex to protect Adonis. Rowan is able to kill the men (due to the curse he's very strong but prone to injury easier), and the next day they arrive at the camp where Rowan is taken care of by medics, while Adonis decides to return to his mercenary band (The Band of Iron Chains).
After about a week of being catatonic, Rowan sends his men to bring Adonis back, as well as hiring the mercenary band to fight a battle he knows they'll lose. The Band of Iron Chains is wiped out, turning an already angry Adonis on Rowan. Adonis leaves again after saying he hates Rowan. Rowan spirals (locking Mila in her room for a month) until it sinks in, causing the man to fall into despair, triggering the curse (Rowan turns into a dragon). Mila is freed by a maid and escapes into the woods.
For three years, Adonis wanders the kingdom as a rival one takes over, and Rowan, stuck in his cursed form, terrorizes the mountains. After year one, he reunites with Mila and, later on, forms a party of five others. The Grey Hawk (Griffith) makes a deal with Rowan after somehow breaking through the mental barrier, giving both godhood in exchange for being linked and unable to kill the other (they feel the other's physical feelings and will die if the other does). Once Rowan is back, he takes his kingdom back and begins searching for Adonis (all while Griffith is sexually harassing him).
Adonis starts to pull Rowan into his dreams due to gods being summoned by those who call out to them in their dreams. Usually, Rowan would be pulled into multiple people's dreams, but Adonis’ longing is so powerful it sucks the god in completely. This is after Adonis is given the Silver Angel's armor. This armor prevents fatigue in battle and pain, but slowly kills the wearer by draining their energy. Rowan is not happy about Adonis wearing the armor or that he is pulled into Adonis’ dreams, and Adonis is mad, too. Both are in denial of wanting the other that much.
Adonis eventually is found and captured by Rowan. Essentially taking him and his party prisoner in the castle. Griffith is not happy about Adonis but also reminded of Guts. Griffith is much crueler by this time after being sealed away for so long and believing Guts is completely gone (Guts is now a vengeful spirit called the Hound after being slain by Griffith). Griffith is obsessed with Rowan, partially due to their covenant and partially because they are so similar. Mila is the target of Griffith’s ire though (she is the demon child reincarnated), to the point they are never alone together due to his violent attitude towards her.
Mila meets Guts who is now only known as the Hound when she is almost killed by assassins. They make a deal to save her life and later Guts trains her. Guts gets a human form and is sexually harassed by Griffith. Mila is influenced by the Beast of Darkness behind everyone's back and becomes more ruthless.
After nine years of torment via Griffith, Mila leaves to find a way to kill and separate his soul from Rowan's. She succeeds with the help of an elf kingdom and Casca’s spirit (who deals the final blow). After this Rowan, Adonis, and Arlo (one of the members of Adonis’ party who both Rowan and Adonis fall in love with) are granted immortality as well as Mila. Adonis becomes a necromancer and Arlo a druid. Mila marries the ruler of the elf kingdom.
