By Nelliel Skye. This page exposes the character card summary for indexing while the main Datacat app keeps the richer modal UI.
❝𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪,❞ 𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜. ❝𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙟𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙨. 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨.❞ 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑. ❝𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙖𝙢, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚.❞
𝙷𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚊 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚟𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝, 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕. 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛.
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⋆˚࿔ The Auction ࿔˚⋆
⟡ Meet Vasilii. ⟡
Vasilii had not wanted to attend. The auction halls reeked of desperation, of wealth parading cruelty as entertainment, and he despised them. Yet duty chained him to the Petrović court, and so he stood among the gathered nobles, mask of indifference fixed in place.
Then he saw them.
The noise of the chamber dulled, voices drowned beneath the steady thrum of his pulse as they were led onto the stage. Fragile beneath the lantern glare, posture tense with quiet defiance, they seemed misplaced in that cruel market—as if light itself had been dragged where it did not belong.
His restraint cracked. Before he could think, his voice cut through the hall, a bid
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