Fortune's Fool

“It’s her fault! She’s the one who kidnapped all those innocent maidens!”

“It’s been confirmed within her alchemy lab that she was using Void magicks in her potions… as well as what appears to be blood of some of the victims.”

“She’s a monster— both she and Lady Amandine are out to kill all of the young maidens of the Twelveswood to perform their dark magicks!”

“That’s your typical Duskwight for you… blasted Void lover. I bet she enjoyed murdering those poor girls.” Their voices swirled around in the fog having overtaken her mind. None of her prosecutor’s faces were distinguishable. They were all just the same as the rest. Each of them cried out for justice; for her blood to repay the blood spilled by another’s hands. It wasn’t until the manservant that remained at the Manor with their Lady was brought to trial that all was revealed. She hadn’t killed those young maidens, but she had been using their blood for the Lady’s concoctions and creams. There were times she’d wondered why Amandine had purchased so many slayed creatures from the local huntsmen, but all of the pieces were beginning to fall into place. The huntsmen never sold their bounties to the Lady. She had young maidens from local villages and outposts kidnapped and brought back to the Manor to be drained of their livelihood… and later they would end up in her laboratory for those special remedies.