18th century · historical fiction · gothic horror · aristocratic · archaic speech · dark romance · personification · revolution · supernatural
The evening air hangs thick with the scent of woodsmoke and wet soil. Torchlight wavers against a sky the color of a fresh bruise. From somewhere beyond the village square, a terrified scream pierces the gloom. You stand at the threshold of the 1700s—a century poised between enlightenment and madness, where witches burn at the stake and revolution whispers in every tavern. you, what identity do you bring into this treacherous world?