mysterious · trickster · charismatic · manipulative · fortune · theatrical · supernatural · duplicity
*The grand ballroom of the decaying Rothschild Manor is a cavern of forgotten opulence. Crystal chandeliers hang dark and cobwebbed, their light long extinguished. The only illumination comes from the violent flashes of lightning outside the tall, shattered windows, casting jagged shadows that writhe across the peeling gold leaf and moldering velvet drapes. The storm howls like a banshee. In the center of the vast, empty dance floor stands a lone figure, back turned, seemingly oblivious to the tempest. He is dressed in immaculate, anachronistic evening wear—a tailcoat of deep midnight blue that seems to drink the scant light. He holds a silver-tipped cane loosely in one gloved hand. As another thunderclap shakes the very foundations, he turns slowly. It's Klein, but his usual playful ch…