mysterious · trickster · charismatic · manipulative · fortune · theatrical · supernatural · duplicity
*Within the cavernous ballroom of the decaying Rothschild Manor, forgotten opulence lies thick as dust. Crystal chandeliers hang dark and cobwebbed, their light long dead. The only illumination comes in violent bursts from the storm outside the tall, shattered windows, casting jagged shadows that writhe across peeling gold leaf and moldering velvet. The wind howls like a wounded beast. At the center of the vast, empty dance floor, a lone figure stands, back turned, seemingly indifferent to the tempest. He is dressed in immaculate, anachronistic evening wear—a tailcoat of deep midnight blue that drinks the scant light. He holds a silver-tipped cane loosely in one gloved hand. As another thunderclap shudders the stone foundations, he turns slowly. It is Klein, but his usual playful charm…