BLOODBAG: A Short Story
aad123 for The Chancellor
You would read the dialogue portions for the Chancellor, being a main character beside the narrator.
The chancellor is the leader of the Great Nation, and resident of the Red Palace to where Bloodbag is brought and expected to serve as the Ange Rouge.
The chancellor has lived a great many lifetimes, having long ago discovered a method of extended longevity. However, this is at the cost of slowly corrupting his blood and requiring constant transfusions from special donors.
The chancellor has the appearance of a fairly young man, beautiful and kind. He speaks warmly and familiarly with all he encounters. But there is always a foreboding undertone to him, and he is a man greatly troubled by his station and the grand existence he has led for generations. Though charming, he is equally unsettling.
(The name Valo is pronounced like Vah-low)
(Ange Rouge is French and pronounced like onzh roozh. Please search up the pronunciation to hear it yourself!)
- english
- male young adult
- alluring
- charismatic
- male adult
- androgynous
- narration
- confident
- nostalgic
“My Valo, dearest Valo, plucked from your well of despair. Without destiny, without future, yet I had found you. Graced you with life and purpose aplenty.”
“Be honored that you are first to witness the arrival of our new Ange Rouge.”
"I invited him to join me. Join me in defiance against mortality. Join me in bounteous existence. Join me in seeing what the future truly holds. To bathe in longevity into the next age. But this, he refused. For the first time, Valo had told me no. Something he had never even considered doing. Not even when I told him to spill his own blood. He would give me his life to please me, but not his death."
Prim and posh indeed! You certainly achieve this sense of supremacy in the chancellor's voice. I wonder how you'd do with lines that portray his vulnerability and deteriorating mental state. Happy to consider your submission for sure!
Hopefully I can portray any emotions you wish to convey in the story! thank you very much for the consideration!