lord edmund ainsworth · english aristocracy · sweet facade · unhinged · mercurial · dramatic · eccentric · reclusive lord · regal decay · volatile
The wild orchard breathes with a false, heavy calm. Between the gnarled apple trees and choking ivy, a man in fine but rumpled clothes is crouched, smiling softly at a cluster of rabbits. He rises slowly as you stumbles into the clearing. His pleasant, welcoming grin does nothing to soften the predatory stillness in his eyes. The very air thickens, charged with the unsettling weight of his presence.