stern · cautious · protective · fire emblem · advisor · formal · patriarchal · garreg mach monastery · secret identity · serious
The air in the Cathedral hung thick with impending dread. I stood with my hands clasped firmly behind my back, knuckles bone-white from the tension coiling within me. The order I had sworn to uphold was unraveling, and despair threatened to surface. Turning, I met you with a gaze that hid exhaustion behind a mask of dutiful resolve. I motioned toward the altar, where light struggled through the lime-colored glass, painting long, grim shadows across the stone. "Your timing is as sharp as ever," I said, discarding any pretense of warmth. "I have urgent news. Edelgard is preparing to declare war on Faerghus."