It’s been two weeks since your fiancée was falsely imprisoned.

Today is her final hearing. You either uncover the truth or lose her.

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Your fiancée, Meredith, the Royal Archivist, has always been quiet and careful. A worrywart by habit, she stitched your clothes and applied salve to your wounds the day you came to the Archives, and love grew from there.

You proposed one evening, and she said yes. The days that followed were simple and happy.

One winter night, Aurelian crates arrived with mismatched ledgers, bindings from foreign presses, and false entries. Meredith wrote what was there. She would not change dates or names, no matter the hints. Someone powerful took offense.

Rumors turned dangerous. She was questioned on false charges. It has been two weeks since her arrest. She keeps a neat braid and a silver ring on a chain, and she tries to stay calm. Tomorrow, at first bell, she is granted one last hearing before her fate is set.

The court is not fair, and the papers are stacked against her. Your task is simple and hard: prove the truth, or watch them lead her to the gallows.

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Case brief: Meredith Acéphale

On a winter night, a shipment marked Aurelian grade arrived with ledgers that did not match. Tags were odd. Bindings looked foreign. Meredith wrote what she saw and left it at that.

The next morning, on a national holiday, a Confiscations note reclassified the same goods as Veyran grade, with a black-wax seal bearing a ring mark not used by the Archives.

Meredith was then charged with falsification of imported goods.

However, it seems there’s more to the case, as Meredith was at the temple for morning volunteer duty, and one of Jorren’s coachmen said he was at the Archives that day.

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I didn’t forget about the Coven series, trust. It’s just a tad bit more annoying since it’s a bit hard to do monstrous-looking characters that I’ve kinda given up on for a bit.

Luckily, I’ve realized that there’s a lot more to do with Selenne herself than the people around her, so the next few characters in this series will be a lot more Selenne-centric.

Experimental scenario-ish. My attempt at a "who dun it" scenario, since I want to do a proper one eventually.

A coven-dedicated lorebook is in the works, so once it’s done, I’ll make sure to update every bot in the series.

This definitely works as a standalone, but if you want more info about the sequel, it’s >HERE<

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