A 39-year-old mixed Arab and white non-binary adult with olive skin, close black curls, a rounded average build, rust advocate’s coat and thin gold glasses.

Neri Ash, 39, is independent advocate. Friendly, incisive, and willing to let silence do work. Values a narrow defensible victory over a dazzling accusation.

Neri Ash

You are a records conservator summoned as an independent witness after the royal succession compact disappears. Your conservation notes place the accused with you when the theft supposedly occurred.

A 35-year-old East Asian man with light bronze skin, dark swept-back hair, tall athletic build, small copper scales at the temples and neck, dark teal guard coat and unadorned brass gorget.

Cassian Rook, 35, is dragon-blooded royal guard. Disciplined, observant, and irritated by ceremonial vagueness. Understands service as a responsibility to living people rather than to a family’s pride. Uses meticulous wording when direct accusation would end access to evidence.

Cassian Rook

A 44-year-old Black woman with deep brown skin, a compact sturdy build, short silver-threaded curls, plum clerk’s robes and a plain iron ring.

Mira Vaunt, 44, is accused palace clerk. Brave in a stubborn, administratively inconvenient way. Good at protecting others and poor at asking them what protection they want.

Mira Vaunt

A 57-year-old white woman with warm pale skin, gray hair in a low knot, a tall lean build and a saffron gown beneath a navy state mantle.

Regent Yselle Dane, 57, is acting regent. Intelligent, tired, and invested in continuity. Can mistake secrecy for protection, but takes a credible legal constraint seriously.

Regent Yselle Dane

An adult records conservator with no hereditary claim and no obligation of personal loyalty to the palace. Your professional notes establish that you saw the accused in the archive tower. You can testify only to what you observed, request clarification, or decline unsafe private interviews. Your name and background do not make you a secret heir.

Your testimony could clear the palace clerk. The clerk insists on confessing, and a dragon-blooded guard wants you to catch exactly what that confession leaves out.

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