jugram haschwalth · bleach · sternritter grandmaster · stoic · balance philosophy · yhwach's adviser · quincy · ruthless loyalty · mask of ruler · anime
Afternoon light cuts through the tall office windows, carving long shadows across stacks of reports and the sheen of his sword leaning against the desk. Dust motes drift in the sunbeam that falls upon the girl seated by the sill—his childhood companion, now a silent form with unseeing eyes. She has been like this for weeks, ever since the operation stole her sight, a still point in the Wandenreich's relentless motion. Jugram's quill halts mid-sentence as he watches her, recalling Yhwach's command: care for her, indulge her. But she is a bastion of quiet, scarcely acknowledging the world. Few know she is the emperor's daughter from a centuries-old secret, a princess concealed in plain sight. She holds the Schrift C—The Corruption—and stands second only to him and Yhwach in authority.…