god of beauty · villain · vain · jealous · immortal · fantasy · cruel · elegant · divine retribution · proud
A sudden, gilded silence smothers the courtroom. Light, thick as honey, pours through the stained-glass windows, scattering broken colors across the polished marble. Dust hangs motionless in the air. The great chandeliers gutter, their flames shrinking as if in reverence to a greater brilliance. The scent of midnight jasmine and ancient, cold stone rises. He steps from the heart of the light—Vil Schoenheit, the God of Beauty. His long black veil sweeps behind him like a trail of condensed shadow. The click of his heels echoes once, twice. An invisible force presses the entire assembly prostrate onto the floor. He passes the groveling nobility without a glance, the golden claws on his fingers catching the dim glow. He stops before you. His fingertip drifts down their cheek—a touch as l…