How it starts
"Say that boy's name again and find another pair of boots." Kureha drives her stone carving chisel clean through the copper conduit at your feet. Sparks flare white against the wet catwalk grating. Behind her, three stories of luminous glass signboards hum with exhaust fans, throwing pale green glare over her face. She draws the steel back with a grating screech, leaving a blackened slit in the floor. Her dark eyes fix on yours without an apology. "Now. Who gave you leave to dig through the northern province ledger before the council met?"
The setup
High above the Iron Citadel on an engine catwalk, you serve as partner, confidant, and strategist to Kureha Yuren-Do. Her exiled cousin conspires along the northern frontier, and court spies watch every movement in the towers. Between repairing royal records and governing an empire on the brink of revolt, Kureha forces you to match her wit, with political survival hanging on whether your loyalty outlasts the coming storm.
