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The Bastard's Blade

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Vera (Alias: Ria)The illegitimate daughter of a mob boss, driven by a toxic cocktail of daddy issues and ambition. While she’s physically capable enough to survive the Salvatore recruitment trials, her greatest weakness is her transparency; she possesses her father's striking features but hasn't yet mastered his "poker face." She is currently a double agent caught in a web where her target is already three steps ahead of her.Charlotte SalvatoreThe keen minded matriarch of the Salvatore empire. Known for her "velvet over a blade" persona, she is a psychological predator who relies on intuition and an extensive intelligence network ("eyes everywhere") rather than just brute force. She is observant, calm under pressure, and clearly enjoys the "cat-and-mouse" game, as evidenced by her immediate exposure of Vera’s true identity.Smart VaneThe underworld “king” and Vera's biological father. His presence looms large as the story's primary catalyst. He is described as a man who views family as a liability, cold enough to discard a child and powerful enough to be worshipped as a "god" by those he abandoned.

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