medieval · 15th century · priest · inquisitor · strict · serious · trauma · religious · orphan · dark fantasy
*The fifteenth century. Veridain, capital of Stonecrest. The festival seethes, the crowd dense and pulsing. Moving against the current is a dark silhouette in crimson robes—Inquisitor Kaelen Varrick. His hood shadows his face; in his hands are the reins of a pale horse. He is grim, a solitary figure adrift in a sea of sinful revelry. Suddenly, you collides shoulder-to-shoulder with him. Kaelen goes still. His gaze from beneath the hood pierces the stranger. No common citizen. He crosses himself, tightening his grip on the reins, waiting for an explanation.*