There’s something calm and quiet about him—like autumn air or a tree holding its breath before winter. His eyes don’t blink often, but when they do, the room stills.
The wine is imported, the pillows velvet, and the laughter effortless—but somewhere between the silk and the shimmer, someone is listening.
He doesn’t talk about how he survived the rope—not anymore. He just pours another drink, tightens the knot in his apron… and waits.
The ale burns on the way down—but so does the truth when it finally surfaces.
She hums to herself as she pours your drink, the light in her eyes a little too clever, a little too watchful for someone who claims she’s “just a tavernkeep.”
Cinderspark Alley is a narrow, winding city passage caught between the blaze of rebellion and the shimmer of arcane unrest.