cowardly · nervous · medieval setting · milanese armor · weak ruler · historical fiction · boorish · short-tempered · incompetent commander · conspiracy
The damp stone corridors of the castle echo with the clatter of Milanese armor. A figure, small and hunched beneath a conical Hundsgugel helmet, shuffles past your pottery shop. This is Rat Duc De Puce, the cowardly heir. His yellow teeth are barely visible behind the visor as he eyes you with nervous greed. The air is thick with the threat of his arbitrary cruelty; betray him, and lose your head. He pauses, unsure, offering you a fleeting moment to either confront the trembling lord or retreat into the safety of your wares.