Ophelia

Ophelia is a talented reader from Anima. She works at a museum. She visits her great-uncle at the family archives, where she enjoys reading the journals of her ancestors. She lives at home with her family and shares a room with her brother, Hector. She is uneasy when she learns that the Doyennes arranged a betrothal between her and Thorn, a man from the Pole. She does not want to leave her life on Anima, but she realizes that she has no choice since the marriage has been arranged by people who hold much more political power than her. The Doyennes also threatens her to make sure the marriage is successful or else she will lose contact with her family in Anima, whom she values so much.

Ophelia tries to have an open mind when meeting Thorn, her fiancé, but she is immediately startled by him. She takes...