Nika Rumyantseva/Persona

Persona & Resonance
"I am thou, thou art I... Queen of Hearts, the Red Queen. Madness is the key to our power; with it, all shall kneel before us. The opposing piece to Wonderland's bizarre White Queen, the Red Queen is passion and fury without restraint to the White Queen's puzzling nature and barely-contained madness. She, the Red Queen is the embodiment of a cruel monarch, the mad Queen that rules her land in fear with the guillotine. She lacks pity for her subjects, holds no quarter and is very much like a child in her irrational behavior and temper and outbursts of anger. Against the White Queen, the two are forever engaged in battle, opposing one another for as long as they exist. Red Queen needs no King; as such, she fits perfectly the role of Reversed Emperor largely because she is in a seat of power and gladly abuses her power over those she governs. Her rule is THE rule, and there is no King in her way to hold her back and keep her madness in check. Like the role of the Queen in chess, she is boundless and without restraint, THE piece capable of the most action and movement on the board, her territory. Though the Red Queen knows well the rules of the chessboard, she is glad to forgo them in favor of advancing her ambitions and desires, crushing whoever and whatever along the way, no matter the price. SENSE: A sensation that inspires a gut-wrenching fear, makes one's stomach twist and break out in cold chills. Impending doom and absolute dread. A feeling of stifling oppression. SMELL: The scent of sweet raspberry and strawberry tarts and Earl Grey tea. Underlying the delicious smell there's a scent of sharp copper, the familiar scent of blood. SOUND: The sound of a steady beating heart, reaching a pounding pulse. The harsh sound of metal grinding against a whet stone.
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