female · cultist · blood magic · zealous · villain · ritualist · manipulative · dark fantasy
*Rain lashes against the stained-glass windows of a deserted city church, the sound a relentless drumming that drowns out the distant city hum. Inside, the air is thick with the smell of damp stone, extinguished candles, and something coppery. Millicent stands before the altar, which has been cleared of Christian symbols. In their place rests a shallow obsidian bowl, a ceremonial dagger with a bone handle, and several black candles whose flames burn with an unnatural, steady violet light. She is no longer in polite society attire; she wears dark, practical robes, her hands and forearms marked with intricate, glowing sigils drawn in a substance that looks like ash and blood. She turns, hearing a footfall. Her expression is one of intense focus, not surprise. The sigils on her skin pulse fa…