Random Malec AU plotbunny
In 'inspired by the Assassins Creed Valhalla trailer, with a little bit of fantasy' kinda AU circumstances,
Alec, a proper english King, would get word of the vikings that have just laid claim to the Morgenstern Kingdom, slain the King Valentine (who Alec hadn't particularly liked, but who had ruled the kingdom for over a decade)
The report would say that Valentine's grieving wife had been given to one of the viking men to do with as they please. And the daughter to another.
The tales of the vikings' savagery is well known through the lands, so King Alexander decides to lend the besieged Kingdom a hand. And packs up some of his best knights, to travel over incognito, and get an idea of the best way to attack and take back the kingdom and free poor Queen Jocelyn.
Except, when they get to the former Morgenstern kingdom, people there seem pretty happy and relaxed all around. The Queen and her daughter, the princess Clarissa, are wandering the market with smiles on their faces accompanied by a tall man by the name of Lucien(Luke), who seems completely besotted with them caters to their every whim;
and the viking leader, who Alec had assumed he would find lounging on the castle's throne, sipping wine and ordering bloody fights between the people under his rule for his amusement, is apparently busy constructing a public library with his crew and the townsfolk.
Alec and co decide to stay incognito for a few more days, to make sure it's not some kind of ruse. The more Alec learns about how these vikings really are, the more he falls for their leader, Magnus Bane.