Ramsey looked out the window of her chamber. As of late, the air of the Plegian Castle was only foul to her; making any chance to avoid it a sanctuary. She was lost in thought, which was disrupted by the sound of an infant crying.
"Ayaka, get me the baby's bottle!" she yelled into the corridor.
Almost immediately, a child entered the room with a bag. The child looked to be no more than three, her childish-innocence evident by her smile.
"Thank you." Ramsey said taking the bag and finding a bottle filled with milk. She went over to the baby, who began to quiet down when his mother hovered over her.
It filled Ramsey with joy, knowing her face alone put the infant at ease. Her face, a face stained with markings of a hierophant to the cult Grimleal. As she held the baby in one hand, and it nourished on the bottled milk, Ramsey felt the tattoos on her face. A tear could be seen leaving her left eye. Ayaka hated watching her mother cry, but she knew little of what ailed her mother.
"Don't cry momma..." the child said watching the mother's tear "the baby looks real happy now!"
"Yes. Yes, he does." Ramsey replied staring at the content child. His blond hairs still a whitish color. Her eyes were then directed to his small, right hand. On this hand was a marking of the child's own. Not an applied mark, like the mother's. This mark was a birth-right; the infant bared the Heart of Grima. He was chosen to be sacrificed to summon the dark lord into the real world; a literal apocalyptic prophecy.
"Birthright..." Ramsey thought to herself "It's a curse, and nothing more."
Ramsey had always been a loyal cultist, like her husband Validar. She had never held anyone higher than Grima or Validar except herself. She had sacrificed helpless citizens without care, murdered without question, and served the cult as much as possible. Ramsey was far from a motherly figure.
However, when she had given birth to her first child, Ayaka, and learned of what it was like to be a mother. Something changed within her. Ayaka bared the Heart of Grima as well, but its location was on the top of her left foot. Ramsey hid the marking with make-up and has since then kept it secret. She was always in charge of watching the child; her father bastardized Ayaka for not having the mark; and Ramsey used the façade of an assistant to keep Ayaka close. Now, she had a second child with the same curse. However, just keeping it a secret was not Ramsey's plan.
Her son's name was Shimei. A name that literally means name or identity; Validar did not care. To him, the child would not see the light of day much longer. Shimei would be sacrificed at the age of three; and go on to become Grima.
Ramsey would not allow that to happen. She was prepared to give anything to save her children. Her family would get a chance at redemption, or at least her children would. Ramsey planned to leave Plegia, the Grimleal, all of it, and especially her husband.