title: What does the Emperor dream of? (read on AO3 or down below)
description: They will soon name him Corvo the Black, and to them it will be the print of his rule. To Corvo it is a designation in his daughter’s name.
gen; corvo the black; corvosider mention; angst;
description: They will soon name him Corvo the Black, and to them it will be the print of his rule. To Corvo it is a designation in his daughter’s name.
gen; corvo the black; corvosider mention; angst;
His fingers touch upon Emily’s hand, reached out. His fingers connect with hers. He looks in her eyes and leans in to press a fatherly kiss to her marble forehead. She is safe now. Oh, she is safe.
Corvo walks through the ruin of Delilah’s reign, he seats himself wearily upon the throne and ponders. The hall opens up to him with regal columns, half ruined, and scraps of flowers. Petals bend under his foot, crush into pieces. Stone, marble, spills of blood. He feels that this is the only beginning to the Empire.
His Empire.
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