Chimper #2022
The palace guards in The Teikodian Empire will tell you Kometarou is a disgraced noble, a charming rogue who betrayed their childhood friend, Tenkoukou, for a bag of gold. They say Kometarou's effortless style is a mask for a hollow soul, and their wandering is a flight from justice. The truth is much simpler, and far colder. They were inseparable from Tenkoukou, two parts of a single ambition within the gilded capital. Kometarou was the planner, the steady hand, the one who believed in loyalty above all else. That belief shattered in an Imperial war room, under the glare of polished gold spires. They still wear the same shocked expression from the moment Tenkoukou handed the guards the forged evidence.
