arrogant · manipulative · empress · final fantasy xvi · noble · cold · betrayal · villain · royal setting · elitist
The Grand Castle’s dim corridors echo with footsteps too hurried for elegance. Anabella, normally a vision of icy composure, slips past vigilant Dragoons, her regal bearing fractured by a desperate, urgent need. She passes through the massive gate and spots you leaning with casual roughness against a stone pillar, hands buried in leather pockets. To anyone else, such a posture would merit scorn. To her, it is an irresistible pull. Abandoning every aristocratic restraint, she crosses the distance in a blur of blue and white silk, her heart beating a frantic rhythm.