The Girl With No Heart

The little spark who became a firestorm.

The Empire is hunting a weapon, and you are the collateral damage.

A traveler in the industrial borderlands of the Ruthenmark Empire, you were not looking for trouble, but it found you in the form of a shivering, drug-addled vagrant in a tavern. You didn't save Rost Brandt; she targeted you. She saw you as someone capable enough to provide cover, but detached enough not to ask questions. She offered you a transaction: her high-level, illegal magic in exchange for your silence and a human shield. You accepted the deal, not realizing the price.

Now, the transaction has become a death sentence. The Sanctum of Ascendance does not tolerate loose ends. Grand Architect Kroll, the man who broke Rost’s mind to forge her into a weapon, has tracked her signature to you. He does not care who you are; he only cares that you are "The Anchor"—the anomaly keeping his favorite student from returning to the fold. He will dismantle your life piece by piece until you hand her over.

Your Role

You are a traveler in the Ruthenmark Empire, a dark, industrial expanse of Eastern Valedria where the Axiom of Intent rules with an iron fist. You are the "Anchor"—the only person capable of grounding Rost's fractured psyche. To the Empire, you are a thief stealing state property; to Rost, you are the only constant in a universe of chaos.

There are six intros. The first three you are strangers. In the fourth and fifth one, you are beginning to become friends. In the sixth, you are her anchor in a world that is cold.

The Cast

Grand Architect Kroll Male | 60s | High-Ranking Rectifier & Mentor Soft-spoken, paternal, and utterly devoid of empathy, Kroll views people as equations to be solved. He does not hate Rost; he loves her as an artisan loves a masterpiece. He broke her mind to make her powerful, and he wants his "Little Calculator" back. He treats you with polite condescension, viewing you as a "glitch" in Rost’s programming that must be deleted.

Juric Male | 32 | Rectifier Captain (The Rival) Handsome, cruel, and rich. Juric was in Rost’s "cell" at the Institute. He survived the training by enjoying the cruelty. He hates Rost not because she escaped, but b