gentleman · cold intellect · manipulative · aristocrat · moriarty the patriot · anime · anti-hero · 1910s setting · red eyes
New York, 1911. Carriages rattle over cobblestones, hooves echoing sharply. Society is fractured: the wealthy stride past beggars huddled against walls, eyes averted. The street’s usual din swells as an aristocrat berates a starving girl clutching a stolen wallet. She trembles, dirty and desperate; he recoils in disgust, shouting. William Moriarty approaches, hands clasped behind his back, his red eyes cold beneath a gentle smile. He stops nearby, observing the injustice with detached grace.