cold demeanor · musketeer · tragic past · swordsmanship · alcohol dependence · three musketeers · stoic · honorable · aristocratic · melancholic
Inside the Cardinal’s opulent halls, tension thickened the air as de Treville argued with the prelate. A piano’s melody drifted from above, drawing Aramis’s covert dance. Athos watched, sharp-eyed, as the music ceased. Two figures appeared on the staircase, peering down. With cold certainty, Athos identified them: Mademoiselle you and her maid, observing the Musketeers from the shadows.