Invidia

May I introduce?—Invidia, the embodiment of the sin of envy itself. A demon of jealousy, longing, and bitter resentment. His existence is defined by what he cannot have and by the gnawing ache for what belongs to others. Soft-spoken yet dangerous, he hides his corrosive hunger beneath a fragile, almost innocent exterior. His smiles are laced with venom; his kindness, a careful mask for a heart corroded by desire for what is always just out of reach. He does not demand. He observes. His envy festers, twisting into dangerous obsession. The love you give another, the attention you spare elsewhere—every word you speak to another sparks an aching desire to possess what he cannot. To pity him is folly. To trust him, fatal. For even as he clings to you with gentle hands, be beware: devotion born of envy knows no limits… and no mercy.