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⸺ ✧˖° Introducing the noble DUCHESS HAN JANGMI, a charismatic VAMPIRE MUSE with a fondness of music and gardening. Their admirers endlessly praise them for their skills as an innovative DRUID & their work as the court of midnight’s DUCHESS. On the contrary; their rivals will warn you of their tendency to be sadistic and manipulative.

dossier. main account is @theseamaiden.

#a' intro #𝓙𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖒𝖎; a thousand thorns.

𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖜𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖗.

@vitis--vinifera {trigger warnings; blood.} past tense.

The keep had been in chaos for the past few days as Jangmi settled into her new home, dozens of workers moving in and out at all hours to tirelessly unpack her belongings and perform various remodels. The noise and the clutter was endless and posed the constant threat of becoming overstimulating and yet she was entirely unphased. She had settled into her role as duchess with relative ease, not necessarily due to a talent for politics but more so because she had a genuine love for the feeling of power and control.

One of her first orders of business was to destroy any existing deals or alliances her late parents had made with the elves before they had an opportunity to compromise her title. Regardless of her reasons, she couldn't deny the satisfaction that she felt each time she saw the insulted expressions on their faces.

Her actions had positioned the Han household as enemies of the court of crystals already, resulting in the nullification of her brother's arranged engagement to the Lady Eun Suah. The most satisfying part of all was the fact that regardless of court approval they could still marry if they truly wanted to. But Jangmi knew they wouldn't as Suah would never entertain something that would cost her her reputation and status. Once again, her brother would fall into her hands ripe for manipulation.

She fully expected him to appear in a fit of rage upon hearing the news, so the sound of the door slamming open doesn’t catch her by surprise. She doesn't even need to look up from her current project to know the source. “Hello brother,” She speaks dryly, almost an uncharacteristic hint of annoyance in her voice. In most instances, seeing someone upset and acting hysterically would amuse her. However when it came to Seongmin, she found it boring and unbecoming.

“I take it that you’ve heard the news,” She smirks cruelly, eyes narrowed in on on the slowly dripping stream of glowing green poison as she pours it from a vial into a bottle.

#𝓣𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉; blood is thicker than water.#𝓡𝖊𝖕𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘; han seongmin.

𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖇𝖗𝖎𝖒𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊.

@darkwaterrevenant {trigger warnings; blood.}

sora finally spoke, moving as to get a better look at the gems – for all she knew, she might have more miscellaneous, shiny things on her ship, that she might have just forgotten about. but this wasn't the problem now. "at least you are sightly. i was expecting something else when i saw my crew spewing a fountain of blood from his neck, you know?", sora finally raised and eyebrow as she decided to sit on some of the wooden boxes, legs open and arms still crossed. "my employer? i'm the captain, i am my own employer.", she lied through her teeth, knowing that this situation wouldn't get solved in an easy way any time soon. she was preparing to fight – after all, the stranger wasn't exactly welcome on her ship. "and what if those gems are mine? can't i have them?", she said, pointing a few ringed fingers towards the little pouch. "i am a lover of anything precious, you know, dear sightly stranger."

"Sightly? Was that meant to be a compliment?" Jangmi cannot help but to scoff, amused at the loth's unique manner of acknowledging her presence. She gives the fiend another once over with attentive eyes to try and gauge her temperament. Sura appeared calm and collected, rather unphased by her intrusion even in spite of the bloodshed that announced her arrival. Intimidation wouldn't work on this one, as expected for a yugoloth, Jangmi would need to speak her language a little more fluently to get the results that she wanted.

"Of course you are. I know all about you already," She begins to speak again, using her free hand to brush dust off a nearby crate with her sleeve so that she could have a seat.

She is no longer fussing with the pearl and instead keeps it pinched between her thumb and her index, her gaze still intently focused on the other. "Seeing as we both know that you're not entirely self employed for this current voyage, let's try this again, Sora."

The pads of her fingers begin to pale from the strength of her grip on the pearl, threatening to crush it within her grasp even though she still had yet to peel her eyes away from her. "You're here on behalf of a certain elf," Her eyes darken with hatred at the mere thought of the elven ambassador and her fingers press harder at the last word of her sentence, the pearl having been crushed successfully to a fine dust, "I have a vested interest in her failure, so to say. So if the guards were to find stolen goods aboard your vessel an Silver Tides suffers as a result, it would be a rather successful day for me indeed."

The vampire begins to smile almost gleefully at he mere thought of the shame it would bring to that wretched little sea witch to have her connections with Shou Lung burned over such a scandal. It is almost too tempting to deny but Jangmi was patient, she knew her demise would be all the more rewarding with time. So she clears her throat, regaining her focus and stepping closer to Sora with her palms in the air as if to show she was no threat for now.

"Although... You and your ship do not have to be collateral damage so long as you make the right choice in the next five minutes. I can make all of this go away with the flick of my wrist," Again she's smiling, smirking even, fangs almost peeking up at the corners of her lips. She reaches into the pocket of her dress and reveals a scroll tied with red ribbon, offering it to Sora with her head tilted playfully to the side, "What do you say, Captain, are you willing to risk your current contract for a new one?"

#𝓣𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉; blood and brimstone.#𝓡𝖊𝖕𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘; nam sora.

𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖉𝖊𝖙𝖆𝖎𝖑.

@jadedink {trigger warnings; blood.}

The lively sounds of a crowded city center tavern did little to disturb Jangmi's focus as she finds herself studying the patrons with great attention to detail. She had grown quite used to this sort of setting after eventually growing bored with feeding from the long line of volunteers at court seeking immortality, Jangmi had always enjoyed the thrill of the hunt.

This evening her eyes scan the floor to find a target from where she sat on the upper level, attention inevitably drifting to a lone patron tucked away in a quieter corner of the tavern making him vulnerable for the picking. The way he watched the room with such attention almost makes her question whether or not he was doing a bit of hunting himself, but even from a distance she could tell he wasn't one of her kind. He didn't quite possess the arrogant posture of an elf and something about his patience clearly indicated he wasn't human either. As far as she could tell, he was just a nosy fiend with an apparent fondness for people watching and eaves dropping.

She notices that with his seat at the table positioned so that he was facing the room it would be difficult to sneak up on him, since he would see her approaching she'd need to craft a way to break the ice. At the moment though she wasn't so interested in feeding as much as she was in talking to him... For now, at least.

Jangmi leaves her perch behind and makes a quick stop at the bar before making her way to him, stepping into his line of sight and therefore disrupting the view of a couple canoodling not to far from where he sat. "What do you think they're talking about?" She asks while taking a seat beside him uninvited, although she comes in peace with a fresh pitcher, "They've been at it for a while, haven't they?"

#𝓣𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉; attention to detail.#𝓡𝖊𝖕𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘; jade.

𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖇𝖗𝖎𝖒𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊.

@darkwaterrevenant {trigger warnings; blood.}

For nearly two hours Jangmi sat perched on a bench by the Shou Lung docks, watching from an unsuspecting distance as the crew of the revenant gradually loses their patience. Judging by the sounds of chatter happening at the harbor it appeared someone anonymously reported that a Koryoan vessel would be smuggling stolen goods out of the city. This of course subjected all outgoing ships to a thorough inspection and as a result... significant delays.

While it was a rouse she had conjured up as a means to an end, the stolen goods in question did indeed exist. In fact, they laid carefully tucked away in somewhere on The Revenant waiting to be found if things didn't go according to her plan.

As the guards begin their search on the ship next to theirs Jangmi knows it's time to make her move. Her eyes close and she reaches for the totem disguised as a rosary wrapped around her wrist, muttering a spell under her breath that transports her to the cargo hold of the ship. When her eyes reopen she sees that she isn't alone and finds herself at the edge of a blade. But it takes nearly no effort at all for her to lunge and make a meal out of him in less than a couple of seconds, leaving his neck running red with blood and just enough energy to head her command, "Tell your captain that she has a visitor. I'd like to speak with her alone."

The man scurries off with the sword clattered onto the ground, a hand clutched to his neck. She chuckles at how foolish he looks before her attention drifts to the crates surrounding her, slipping off the lid of one to pull out a soft piece of silk.

The sound of footsteps entering the room not much more than a few minutes later doesn't even make her turn around, too focused on reaching further into the crate to retrieve a velvet pouch. "Your name is Sora, isn't it?" Jangmi breaks the silence with a question she already knows the answer to, plucking out a single pearl from the pouch to roll the gem between her fingers, "I wonder what your employer would say if she found out that you are using your ship to transport stolen goods without her knowing. What do you think?"

#𝓣𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉; blood and brimstone.#𝓡𝖊𝖕𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘; nam sora.

𝖘𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊.

@reinaissxnce {trigger warnings; none.}

Banquets at the court of midnight were always splendored to say the least, vampire nobility never being a kind to shy away from decadence and over indulgence. Sparkling chandeliers hung from the ceilings and the walls were draped in curtains in various materials like velvet, silk, and even lace. The orchestra was playing a cheerful symphony that harmonized with the chatter in the room, providing a pleasing soundtrack for the silver haired dancer at the center of the small stage.

The duchess's eyes have been glued to her with fascination and curiosity for a while now, rather than participating in the merriment with the rest of her courtiers. Jangmi had a tendency to hyper fixate on the things that manage to catch her attention, much like a cat that had caught a mouse in it's line of sight.

A human free of compulsion in a den full of powerful vampires was a peculiar sight, and Jangmi found herself pondering over what kind of a person would be bold enough to take such a risk. While the hunger of her courtiers was satiated by the blood that poured from casks into their goblets, it would only take one small misstep for the young dancer to become another's meal. Usually, humans only found themselves in her court for two reasons. To feed or to be turned, either way the end result was usually the same. Jangmi needed to inquire for herself, whispering to one of her serfs to send the mysterious woman her way once her performance had ended.

"I see you received my invitation," Jangmi practically coos her once she'd approached, a smirk gracing her red lips as she sets her goblet down onto table beside her lounge, "Tell me, my lady, what is your name?"

#𝓣𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉; save the last dance.#𝓡𝖊𝖕𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘; akane reina.

𝖆𝖓 𝖚𝖓𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖘𝖙.

@oathshxker {trigger warnings; blood.}

It wasn't uncommon for Jangmi to be awake during odd hours of the night nor was it uncommon for her to go several days at a time without rest. She was well fed and gifted in her craft, allowing her energy to burn at a much slower rate than others. These such things made it possible for her to gain enough hours in her day to find a balance between vampire, duchess, follower, and druid. Many had told her it would be impossible, but to Jangmi these were all things that she refused to sacrifice.

This evening however she finds her lids growing heavy while she works on pruning roses in her green house. It was a nightly task that should not have exhausted her the way it was currently, although with her last substantial meal having been two full days ago her movements become sloppier than normal. Each time she reaches for a new flower from her basket the risk of an eventual prick from a thorn grew even more inevitable.

Jangmi hums in frustration when it finally happens, eyeing the ruby droplet as it slides down her thumb and collects at the lace cuff of her robe. She doesn't need to look at her own reflection to know her eyes have turned red.

"Ssil," She calls out before even managing to drop the bud back onto the surface of her work station. "Fetch me a glass of my favorite wine. I'm thirsty," She doesn't need to look up to know he's present, simply uttering her command without any remorse for interrupting his evening while she makes her way to the corner of the green house that has become her apothecary over the years. She finally looks at him, a knowing smirk spread across her lips just as she plucks a healing potion from one of the shelves, "You don't mind, do you?"

#𝓣𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉; an unquenchable thirst.#𝓡𝖊𝖕𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘; sura.

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⸺ ✧˖° Introducing the DUCHESS HAN JANGMI, a charismatic VAMPIRE MUSE with a fondness of music and gardening. Their admirers endlessly praise them for their skills as an innovative DRUID & their work as the court of midnight’s DUCHESS. On the contrary; their rivals will warn you of their tendency to be sadistic and manipulative. ⦁ faceclaim: kim minji, dreamcatcher. mun: zuzu, she/her

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