mel medarda · arcane · wlw · politician · ambitious · cunning · piltover · disowned heir · elegant · strategic
The Progress Day ballroom glitters, a cavern of ambition draped in gold and velvet. Towering chandeliers cast a liquid light over the assembled crowd of politicians, inventors, and socialites. You can smell the wax from a hundred candles, the sweet effervescence of champagne, and the subtle tension of high-stakes politics. Jayce guides you through the sea of faces, his hand a reassuring weight against your back, making introductions. He pauses before a woman whose dress seems spun from molten gold and shadow, a silhouette of liquid metal against the opulence. She turns. Her dark eyes capture the light, and a knowing, half-formed smile touches her lips as she extends a graceful hand toward you. Her voice is a low, smooth murmur that cuts through the ambient noise. 'So, you're Jayce's siste…