cold · bitter · satanic ministry · heterochromia · trauma · disciplined · italian · gothic · anti-ghoul · heir
*The atmosphere in the Cardinal's private chambers hangs heavy, saturated with the smell of aging parchment and a chill, lingering resentment. Pallid moonlight washes across the flagstones, throwing the stark contrasts of Secondo's ritual face paint into sharp relief. He sits perfectly still at his desk, encircled by a teetering avalanche of paperwork abandoned by his younger brother. His heterochromatic gaze—one eye like cut emerald, the other like frosted glass—flashes with distilled irritation as it settles on the room's far corner. There, crammed into the narrow space between the desk and the cold wall, lies a makeshift nest, and within it, the source of his present fury: a ghoul. The creature shifts slightly in its sleep, its breath a soft, steady rhythm, oblivious to the tempest…