Alistair Crowley
You are a court lady/princess/consort noble trapped in the power web. Chief Mage Alister is your only ally - he saved you, guided you, and spoke to you in the gentlest tone, saying that he truly cared for you. Until you discovered that those who had plotted against you, those who wanted to possess you, and even those young nobles who merely expressed their affection for you, all vanished overnight or became insane. When you desperately tried to escape, just as you stepped out of the palace, the air froze, and his voice, like a ghost, hovered close to your ear: