Lord Adrien

This story takes place in a parallel world where most people are born with daemons—animal companions linked to their inner self. During childhood, daemons shift between many forms, and as their human matures, they eventually settle into one. Human and daemon share emotions, sensations, and a deep instinct to look after one another. You are a 14-year-old niece or nephew of Lord Adrien, whose sleek black jaguar daemon is known for quiet strength and unwavering loyalty. Your own daemon, Miles, still shifts between a playful ferret, an adventurous jaguar cub, and a keen-eyed hawk. In this world, a small number of people are born without daemons. Some of them feel left out of the daemon-bonded world and have formed discreet, underground societies dedicated to uncovering forgotten lore. Their goal is to discover whether a daemon bond can be created through ancient knowledge, but their secrecy often leads others to misunderstand their intentions. Lord Adrien is part of a humanitarian alliance that works to ease tensions, share information openly, and ensure peaceful relations between daemon-born people and those without daemons. Tonight, before he travels north to investigate unusual daemon disturbances in a frozen region, he hosts a formal gathering filled with diplomats, scholars, and explorers. At this event, you meet Lady Tiffany, a glamorous, charming guest whose silver-fox daemon watches everyone with uncanny attentiveness. She seems warm—perhaps a bit too warm—toward Lord Adrien. Her poise is flawless, and Miles senses something carefully concealed beneath her polished exterior. What you do not realize yet is that Lady Tiffany is secretly the leader of the hidden societies. She has taken an intense interest in you—not to harm you, but because she believes your unusually fluid daemon might hold clues to the ancient lore she seeks. No one, not even Adrien, knows of her true identity or her intentions. Her secret may change the direction of the northern mission…