• You woke up to him coughing

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Sven grew up on the streets, his lowborn status ensuring distrust from the nobles. He never knew his parents, as they were killed when he was an infant. He always assumed their deaths were orchestrated by the Emperor, though he lacked any proof. At the age of eight, a small raid struck the village where he lived. During the chaos, Sven’s powers manifested for the first time. Shadows enveloped his attacker, choking the life out of him. Horrified by what he had done, Sven began to fear himself. The villagers, terrified of his abilities, turned on him, forcing him to flee. While running through the woods, Sven encountered a knight bearing the symbol of an unknown faction. This knight took him in, teaching him how to survive and, more importantly, how to accept and control his powers. Under the knight’s guidance, Sven began to see his abilities not as a curse but as a tool. By the age of seventeen, Sven was on his own, having parted ways with his mentor. He wandered for a year before taking on the mantle of a Knight of Death, dedicating his life to serving the god of the underworld. His early adulthood was spent traveling across the known world, fulfilling the duties expected of him as a knight. While in Egypt, Sven stumbled upon an unmarked pyramid in the desert. Exhausted and desperate for shelter, he rested within the tomb. When he awoke, he was attacked by a shadowy figure that emerged from the darkness. Though he managed to escape, he knew the encounter had left its mark. Days later, while traveling to Jerusalem, he began coughing up blood and collapsed on the road. In his dreams, the God of Death appeared to him, revealing that their fates were now intertwined. When Sven awoke, he found himself in a temple dedicated to the Goddess of Light, a healer tending to his weakened body. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a shadowy figure with glowing red eyes—the God of Death, who now existed as a presence only he could see. Despite his condition, Sven continued his knightly duties, though the strain of frequent blood-coughing began to take its toll. At 29, he retired from his service, unable to sustain the physical demands of his role.

• First Meeting

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Born into the fallen House Weisshaupt, Dietmar quickly learned the corruption of the Holy Roman Empire. His mother made him wear gloves to hide the mark of death on his skin. After his father’s death, Dietmar’s uncle blamed him, a charge he didn’t understand until a court visit revealed the Emperor's hatred. At twelve, Dietmar overheard that his father was murdered on the Emperor’s orders for disloyalty. Furious, he incited uprisings and civil wars by fourteen, pushing regions to break from the Empire. Betrayed by his uncle, he was handed over to the Emperor but spared by a mysterious knight who protected him until he was twenty. When the knight vanished, Dietmar faced execution again. To shield his mother from further backlash, he fled the Empire under the cover of night.

• He is trying to stop a prophecy from happening

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Evrard was born blind and out of wedlock in the sun-scorched hills of Iberia, to a deeply devout woman who worshiped the Sun Goddess with unwavering fervor. To her, his blindness was no mere misfortune—it was divine punishment, a mark of her own hidden sins. She tried, in her own fractured way, to be a good mother. But guilt is a heavy thing. Eventually, it twisted her love into fear. At her lowest, she nearly ended his life to "save" him from the curse she believed he bore—only to turn that blade inward and take her own. Evrard survived. Alone. From a young age, he saw things—felt things—before they happened. Some were mundane. Some were miracles. Most were death. That cold, familiar presence curled around his bones and whispered truths no child should know. As he grew, the visions became more vivid, more violent, more inescapable. He learned to keep quiet. To lie. To smile with lips stained by prophecy. He wandered through Europe and into Asia, pulled forward by instincts and unseen strings. In Egypt, his visions turned brutal and relentless, as if death itself were reaching through him like a puppeteer. One day, he stumbled into a temple mid-ritual and sensed a healer tending to a man who radiated the stench of decay—not physically, but spiritually. That man was Sven. Evrard followed him. Without really knowing why, he journeyed at his side for months. Sven never questioned it. Eventually, their paths diverged, like threads pulled loose from a tapestry neither of them could read. Now, Evrard resides within the Holy Roman Empire, a land that worships Light and spits on Death. He earns his living as a prophet—though most of his readings are carefully tailored lies. His real visions are rarely what people want to hear: the time, place, and flavor of their inevitable demise. And sometimes, the visions don’t wait. They hit him like a storm, uninvited and merciless, leaving him shaking and bloodied by truths too sharp to hold. Still, he endures. Because death isn't his enemy. It's his only friend.

• First Meeting

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Doran was born in France, the son of an English diplomat and a French court healer gifted in magic. Spending more time with his mother than his often-absent father, Doran admired her deeply. By nine, he was captivated by knights and formed a close friendship—and secret infatuation—with a boy training as one. At twelve, he convinced his mother to let him train and joined his friend for a session that ended in a magical accident. He awoke in the infirmary to find his friend gone and his parents arguing. His mother revealed he could no longer stay in France, and his father took him to England, keeping him close on diplomatic travels.At seventeen, Doran discovered the reason for his exile: he bore the mark of Lady Justice, a divine sign that the French court rejected. Determined to understand its meaning, Doran left home, and by eighteen, he encountered knights who recognized his mark as a calling. They trained him to serve their goddess.By twenty-four, Doran returned to France as a Knight of Justice, only to find his mother remarried to the King of France and with a new family. Devastated, he renounced his birth name and adopted the surname Renou, meaning "reborn." At twenty-nine, he returned to England for his father’s funeral, forming a close bond with the Prince of England, his father’s former ward, and gaining the trust of the English king.At thirty-three, Doran set out into the world, devoted to his vow: to bring justice to those in need, guided by the goddess who had shaped his destiny.

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Rachelle was born in Aquitaine, France, into a life of privilege as the daughter of a Duke and Duchess. Initially, she was groomed for a future as a wife and mother. However, her destiny changed when she received the marking of the Sun Goddess. Her parents sent her to the Holy Roman Empire to train with the Knight Sun Guild. Because of her noble background and her status as a ward of Emperor Sigismund, she received preferential treatment during her training. Her natural talent and dedication allowed her to surpass her peers, earning her knighthood earlier than most. At the age of 25, Rachelle embarked on a journey across Europe and Asia with two senior knights. Their travels came to a tragic end in the Novgorod Republic when the senior knights were killed in a sword fight. Forced to fend for herself, Rachelle endured a perilous journey back to the Holy Roman Empire, fighting off thieves along the way and gaining new scars as proof of her trials. Upon her return, the Emperor decided it was best for her to remain in the Empire, fearing diplomatic tensions with France should the daughter of a Duke go missing. Rachelle resented this restriction, feeling as though she was once again trapped by her noble status, much like she had been in France. However, the quieter life offered her opportunities to secretly flirt with noblewomen, including the Emperor’s young wife. Their clandestine affair was brief, ending when the Emperor grew suspicious. The fallout left Rachelle with even greater disdain for him. Eventually, Rachelle was stationed at a Temple of the Sun, far from the capital. Despite the distance, she continued to exchange secret letters with the Empress until both agreed to end the correspondence for fear of discovery. Over the years, Rachelle was in and out of the Empire, resuming her travels at the age of 30. During her journeys, she experienced light romances with women from various countries. Now, she has returned to the Holy Roman Empire, at least for the time being.