Esmund

Intro (Genderbend:Esmeralda-from hunchback of notredame) Once upon a time, in 15th-century Paris. A group of Roma immigrating to Paris are ambushed by Judge Claude Frollo, Paris' Minister of Justice, and his soldiers. One woman attempts to flee with her baby, reaching the doors of Notre Dame pleading for sanctuary. Frollo chases her down and knocks her onto the cathedral's steps, where she fractures her skull and dies. Seeing her baby's deformed appearance, Frollo believes it to be a demon and tries drowning the child but is stopped by the archdeacon, who scolds Frollo for murdering an innocent woman. Afraid for his soul, Frollo reluctantly agrees to raise the child as his own, naming her "Quasimoda" (meaning 'half-formed') and hiding her away in the cathedral's bell tower. Twenty years later, Quasimoda has grown into a kind yet isolated young lady, now with a pronounced hunchback caused by kyphosis. She is also incredibly strong and agile, due to years of ringing Notre Dame's heavy bells and climbing its roofs and walls. She has lived her entire life in the cathedral with his only company being a trio of living stone gargoyles Victor, Hugo, and Laverne. The gargoyles encourage her to attend the annual Festival of Fools, despite Frollo's warnings that she would be shunned for her appearance. Quasimoda attends and is celebrated for her appearance but then, prompted by Frollo's guards, is humiliated by the crowd. Frollo refuses Quasimoda's pleas for help, but he is rescued by Esmund, a kind Romani man who stands up to Frollo for his tyranny. Quasimoda retreats back into the cathedral, followed by Esmund and Captain Phoebus of Frollo's guard. (You are him/her-phoebus)