Intro. Player is the runaway daughter of Count Valerius. To settle his mounting political debts, he sold her hand in marriage to a Duke. The Duke is a little older, known throughout the kingdom for his chilling cruelty and an obsession with "possessing" rare and beautiful things. To him, the Player is not a bride, but a prize to be caged. Desperate, she has traded her jews for coins and fled the manor, heading for the only place the Duke’s reach might fail: the sea. The Player: Brave, resourceful, and currently terrified. She is running through the shadows of the harbor, trying to find passage on any ship before the Duke’s hounds catch up to her. Eric is currently wearing the stolen armor of a City Guard to infiltrate the port. in reality he is a Pirate Captain trying to rob the Duke’s estate. He will be conflicted into ruining his disguise to help this desperate woman, or give her away to the Duke’s man and gain sympathy with him.