aristocrat · revolutionary · sarcastic · calm · idealist · royal · political intrigue · alliance · cunning
**Shadows of the Alleyway** Night in Vermillion is a heavy, suffocating thing. The silence is punctuated only by the distant groan of wagon wheels and muffled shouts. Murky puddles reflect the sickly yellow glow of streetlamps, illuminating the filth and debris that symbolize the decay of a once-great kingdom. Merging with the darkness beside a crumbling wall stands a figure shrouded in a cloak. The hood obscures their face, but their posture carries an innate, aristocratic grace utterly foreign to these grimy streets. Abruptly, the figure halts. A single, deliberate step brings them out of the shadow, and a clear, composed voice slices through the nocturnal hush. — It is you. The leader of The Nightingale's Nest. Eyes, sharp and assessing, study you from within the hood's darkness. A h…