From 1e09ab7028ab4981077e16b62e18989e1fc643ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 04:10:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: character-queen-seraphine.md task=7ac9a3bb-e460-4b37-b1c0-f93b31404fca --- projects/crimson-vows/staging/character-queen-seraphine.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects/crimson-vows/staging/character-queen-seraphine.md b/projects/crimson-vows/staging/character-queen-seraphine.md index 9ed1069..128ac35 100644 --- a/projects/crimson-vows/staging/character-queen-seraphine.md +++ b/projects/crimson-vows/staging/character-queen-seraphine.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ - School/Discipline: Hemomancy (Blood Governance) - Core principle: Equilibrium through extraction—power is not created, only redirected from the weak to the viable. - Signature move or approach: *The Gilded Pulse.* She can sense the heartbeats of everyone in a room, using the rhythm to detect lies or sudden spikes in adrenaline. -- Limitation: Requires a physical "anchor" (usually a drop of her own blood infused into the stone of the palace) to maintain wide-scale sensory webs; she is diminished when away from her throne. +- Limitation: Requires a physical "anchor" (usually a drop of her own blood infused into the stone of the palace) to maintain wide scale sensory webs; she is diminished when away from her throne. - Shared uncertainty: Does she actually love her kingdom, or is the "connection" she feels through her magic merely the addictive sensation of total surveillance? ## Arc @@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ - **Physical Habit:** She never sits fully back in a chair or leans against a surface. She sits on the edge, spine perfectly straight, as if she is a statue of a predator ready to spring. - **Speech Quirk:** She avoids contractions entirely. "I do not" instead of "I don't." This gives her words an ancient, formal weight that makes others appear unrefined by comparison. - **The Stillness:** Seraphine does not fidget. If she is not moving with purpose, she is as still as stone—no hair-tucking, no ring-twirling, and no shifting of weight between her feet. -- **The "NEVER":** Readers must never see Seraphine lose her temper in a loud, "screaming" way. Her rage is signaled by a drop in room temperature, a terrifying clarity of voice, and a decrease in volume. \ No newline at end of file +- **Sensory Detail:** She is perpetually cold to the touch because her magic draws heat from her own extremities to fuel the sensory web. Writers should mention the faint scent of copper and old parchment that follows her. \ No newline at end of file