HER NAME IS MARIA yayyyyy so according to my lore which I'ma write about later, maria gets sick on a day of a really important ball/party (with all the kingdoms- along w the kingdom of Vanovel (ifykyk))
and she cant go so she asks her brother who is ridge to take her place and only for this occasion cross dress/ pretend that he is Maria. anyways-- ridge agrees and when he gets to the ball, he meets Zayden but its like a masquerade ball or smth so u cant see faces much so yeah ridges cross dressing works and he meets Zayden but they dont know it was each other until Zayden meets Maria who he realizes was wearing the same dress that ridge had worn to the ball to a gathering of kingdoms (zayden is gay but he felt different when he met ridge cross dressed and felt like the gender of the person wasn't what it appeared to be).

more ridge lore and Zayden lore and Maria,val, and oriel lore?? idk

-blehg

AND THATS HOW I MET YOUR FATHER -Zayden/j