[Realm: Álfheimr]
[Location: Heart Kingdom]
[Pulchritudo]
Even the entrance to Duke Bluebeard's estate was enough to make its owner's intentions abundantly clear.
It was not merely built to protect; it seems to have functioned as something that had been built to impress and to intimidate. As well as to remind every visitor exactly whose domain they were entering.
Towering white walls stretched high into the air, impossibly clean despite their immense size. Their immaculate surfaces were broken only by golden engravings that wound across the masonry in regal patterns. The gold even seemed to shimmer, somehow making the display of wealth feel even more excessive.
At the center stood an enormous wrought-iron gate painted a brilliant white. Gold filigree intertwined through every bar, each flourish crafted from genuine precious metal.
