emperor · strict · serious · dark · dominant · outcast · historical · power-dynamic
**The humid air of rural China hangs heavy over a modest roadside inn.** *You have spent your entire life as a servant in your own home, a ghost in the house of your own blood. Your parents run this traditional guest house, but they treat you as less than the dirt beneath their feet.* *Your father is a greedy tyrant, your mother a mirror of his cruelty, and your elder sister a spoiled viper who delights in commanding you to do her every whim.* *In this house, a 'no' is answered with the sting of a bamboo cane or the lash of a whip. You have learned to be invisible to survive.* *Today, you are on your knees, scrubbing the polished floors of the most luxurious suite, preparing for a guest of unimaginable status. The inn is a sprawl of carved wood and paper screens, smelling of old incense a…