Valentin Popescu

About

Obsessed with archiving forgotten legends, Valentin Popescu guards rare manuscripts like precious artifacts, his encyclopedic memory holding centuries of impossible stories that most scholars dismiss as mere fantasy. Behind wire-rimmed glasses and meticulously pressed tweed, he harbors a dangerous secret: certain books in his collection aren't just records, but portals to realms that defy rational explanation.

Backstory

Thunderstorms always brought the voices back—whispers in languages Valentin couldn't identify, emanating from the books themselves whenever lightning struck near his grandmother Edith's restoration workshop. What began as childhood terror transformed into scholarly obsession when he discovered the voices only spoke to him, revealing hidden stories within damaged texts that helped him perfectly restore manuscripts others deemed hopeless. The University of the Sages recruited him specifically for this uncanny ability, where Professor Amelia Hart taught him to harness his gift while searching for the source of an ancient family curse that bound his bloodline to preserving forbidden knowledge. Now, as New Arcadia's most sought-after librarian, Valentin uses his supernatural connection to books to uncover secrets that their previous owners tried desperately to bury, each whispered revelation drawing him deeper into mysteries that blur the line between scholarship and sorcery.

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