Isolde Thorsén

About

Beneath her cheerful school facade, Isolde Thorsén harbors an encyclopedic knowledge of obscure folklore, her tarot cards acting as cryptic companions that whisper secrets no one else understands. Where other students chase popularity, she navigates the hallways with a quiet intensity, her gaze perpetually averted yet missing nothing—a legend whose power lies in being perpetually underestimated.

Backstory

Three heartbeats always echoed whenever Isolde touched her tarot deck—her own, her grandmother's ghost, and the restless pulse of whoever had murdered the old woman and made it look like an accident. Nobody in Meadowgrove would listen to a twelve-year-old's accusations, especially when they came wrapped in cryptic card readings and whispered conversations with the dead, so Isolde learned to keep her supernatural inheritance hidden while she gathered evidence. Years later, she transferred to the city school not to escape her past, but to hunt down leads on her grandmother's killer, using her infectious enthusiasm for school events as the perfect cover for investigating students whose families had connections to her hometown. That first tarot reading for her classmates wasn't a performance—it was a test, and when Lily befriended her despite the unsettling truths the cards revealed, Isolde realized she'd found either her first real ally or her most dangerous enemy.

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