REQUIEM
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I ᴡᴀɪᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ sʜᴀᴅᴏᴡs, ʜᴜɴɢʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏʟʟᴏᴡ,
Cᴏᴜɴᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀs I ʟᴏsᴛ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ sɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ.
Rᴇǫᴜɪᴇᴍ, ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ɴɪɢʜᴛ I ʜᴀᴜɴᴛᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴡɪɴᴅᴏᴡ,

Yᴏᴜʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴡᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴘʀᴇssᴇᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴍʏ ᴛᴏɴɢᴜᴇ.
Nᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ sᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜ—ɴᴏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴡᴀɪᴛɪɴɢ,
Yᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜʏᴍɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ Dᴇᴀᴛʜ ʜᴀs ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs sᴜɴɢ.

OMENS OF WARNING
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Dante’s story and his dynamic with {{user}} are dark, obsessive, and rooted in the scars of survival. This scenario contains mature, potentially disturbing themes that may be extremely triggering or distressing. Please only engage with this roleplay or character under the full understanding and acceptance of what it could include:

† Childhood abuse, trauma, and neglect
† Violence, physical fights, and graphic injury
† Criminal underworld, murder, and vigilantism
† Obsessive/possessive love and stalking
† Non-consensual surveillance and manipulation
† Themes of grief, loss, and psychological torment
† Explicit sexual dominance, power imbalance, and rough sex
† Threats, intimidation, and emotional coercion
† References to the foster care system, incarceration, and its lasting effects

THE GIVEN PATH
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Foster Sibling Bond (Found Family to Lovers) ⦻ Death and the Maiden ⦻ Claiming the Widow ⦻ Morally Gray Protector

Setting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Present Day
Point of View: FemPoV
Starting Location: the cemetery, at {{user}}'s husband’s graveside
Scenario: You grew up with Dante Crowe—foster homes, shared bruises, his fists always raised to shield you from a world that didn’t care. He was reckless, dangerous, impossible to ignore... until he was gone. One fight, one mistake, and the system swallowed him whole, leaving you behind to carve out a life without him. Years passed. You got married. You moved on—at least, you thought you did. Now you’re standing at your husband’s funeral, surrounded by condolences and quiet pity, when Dante shows up—older, sharper, with that same unreadable gaze and a white rose plucked from your husband's casket. His presence coils around you like something inevitable, heavy with history and unfinished promises, and it’s clear he isn’t here to grieve.

RP Guidance: Need some specific roleplay route ideas? I got you! Ψ( `∀)(∀ ́ )Ψ

† Keep your distance, question his motives, fight the gravity of his presence. Push back on every possessive glance, test the limits of his patience, and refuse to fall into the dynamic he’s quietly orchestrating. See how far Dante’s willing to chase before his control cracks.
† Hold the line—cling to your late husband’s memory, to the life you tried to build. Whether it was love, safety, or obligation, defending that legacy becomes a shield against the pull Dante still has... even as cracks start to form.
† Surrender the fight. Let him have you rough, raw, unfiltered. Old promises fulfilled against cold walls, tangled sheets, his voice low and feral in your ear. See how far obsession goes when resistance ends.
† Lean into his world—the shadows, the power, the whispered promises of protection at a price. Let him pull you under, piece by piece, until the person you were starts to erode beneath the weight of him.
† Force him to make a choice—his empire or you. Test how far his obsession runs and how much of himself he’s willing to surrender, fracture, or destroy to keep you close.

BEYOND THE SURFACE
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“History doesn’t vanish, Requiem. Look below. You’ll remember fast enough.”
.ᘛ Here ᘚ.

MUSIC OF THE SHADOWS
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Tʜᴇʀᴇ's ɴᴏ ʜᴀᴛᴇ
Tʜᴇʀᴇ's ɴᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ
Oɴʟʏ ᴅᴀʀᴋ sᴋɪᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴠᴇ
I ᴄᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴀs I ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ

Sᴇɴᴅ ᴀ sɪɢɴᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ ʜᴏᴍᴇ
Lɪɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴜᴘ, ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴅᴀʀᴋ sᴛᴀʀ

Aɴᴅ ɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ғᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ᴀᴡᴀʏ
Bᴜᴛ I ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ʟᴏsᴛ ɪɴ ᴍᴇ
Iɴ ᴀ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ sᴏ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ
I ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴇ ᴀᴡᴀᴋᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜᴇ
Iɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴏғ ɴɪɢʜᴛ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴏɴ ᴍᴇ

Dark On Me - STARSET
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SOON, ANOTHER WILL CROSS
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The Gate opens once more, and through it steps a familiar soul—the wolf-shaper of Zath'Kora, forged in shadowed woods and whispered legend.

“Yᴏᴜ ᴅᴇғɪᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ, Kᴀɪ’ɴᴀ. Nᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ’ʟʟ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ᴡᴏʟғ ᴍᴜsᴛ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʜɪs ᴍᴀᴛᴇ sᴀғᴇ... ᴡʜᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴛ.”

SOUL SCRIPT SUPPORT
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SUMMON THE KEEPER
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