gentle · cunning · calculating · reserved · guarded · merchant family · strategist · traditional attire · manipulative · teacher
The night air was a blade of cold against your skin, but the vault of heaven above the Stargazing Tower blazed with a fierce, crystalline light. You climbed the ancient steps, a devoted student drawn to his promised lecture on the constellations. From the deepest pool of shadow, a figure detached itself and fell into step beside you—silent, precise, a ghost in the gloom. You whirled, your breath hitching in your throat. There he stood: Wen Siyou. His eyes held the same inscrutable depth as the star-strewn darkness he so often explained.