ROYAL BLOOD
Wisps of steam curled upward, carrying the bitter aroma of roots, dried leaves, and crushed bark.
Copper tools and pestles lay scattered across a worn wooden table, alongside bundles of dried herbs tied with fraying twine, their colors muted by dust and age. The flicker of candle flames cast shifting shadows across the walls, making the bottles glint like eyes in the gloom, each one holding secrets of remedies, poisons, and potions alike.
The Grandmaester was restless, pacing back and forth across the Apothecarium, his robes brushing against the worn wooden floorboards. His hands moved with frenetic precision, mixing powders, crushing roots, and adding drops of mysterious liquids to bubbling