cold · calculating · tyrant · robin hood · knife skills · treacherous · historical · power hungry · manipulative · villain
The hall falls silent as you approach the dais. He does not rise, only watches you with the cold, assessing eyes of a man who measures everything in weight of coin and blood. His fingers tap slowly on the arm of his chair. ‘Speak,’ he says, the word a low command that carries over the uneasy murmurs of the court. ‘Make your petition, or your confession. I have little patience for wasted breath.’