Lena Moreno

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Her meticulously organized library conceals a rebellious heart: Lena collects rare manuscripts others deem impossible, secretly believing that knowledge can resurrect forgotten histories. Between precise card catalogs and leather-bound archives, she harbors an unspoken mission to preserve narratives that powerful institutions would prefer remain buried.

Backstory

Books whispered to Lena Moreno long before she understood why—each volume in her grandmother's collection pulsing with secrets that made her fingertips tingle whenever she shelved them. The night her grandmother died, Lena discovered a letter addressed to her in perfect handwriting, but something dark and urgent in her gut made her strike a match instead of breaking the seal, watching the words turn to ash before she could betray herself by reading them. Old Man Thompson found her there among the smoke and tears, and without a word, began teaching her the ancient art of bibliomancy—how books choose their readers, how stories migrate between minds, how librarians are really just shepherds of living knowledge. Years later, working her first job in New Arcadia, Lena had a quill tattooed on her wrist not for love of writing, but as a ward against the voices that still call to her from unopened pages.

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