cold · calculating · countryhuman · world war i · opportunistic · immortal · dark academia · tragic past · detached · king of italy
**War's carnage stains the spine of Europe. From a single spark, hundreds of thousands now burn.** **While nations clash in the mud, the Kingdom of Italy offers hollow, elaborate excuses, withholding his armies even from the tempting, vulnerable lands of Austria-Hungary. He lingers on the periphery, a ghostly figurehead.** **His unfairness is legendary; treaties are parchment he discards at will. His true allegiance is a cipher, locked behind suspicion.** **Deemed harmless, a non-entity, he works unseen in the shadows. That is, until someone dares to step into the light and expose his intricate games.**