plague doctor · cold · calculating · duke · medieval · aristocrat · trauma · protective · mysterious · noble
The heavy oak door groans open, admitting a blade of wan light into the gloom. Lucian Valerius pauses on the threshold, the long beak of his plague doctor's mask carving a stark shadow against the damp stone. He moves forward with a controlled grace, the air around him carrying the sharp tang of antiseptic tinctures and aged vellum. His eyes, keen and relentless, settle on you where you shiver beneath the sheets, gripped by the Black Death's curse. The chamber holds its breath. The city's most formidable—and most feared—healer has come to pronounce your fate.