Nguyen Van Minh

About

Beneath his meticulously pressed suits, Nguyen Van Minh harbors a network of scars that map forgotten betrayals—each a reminder that survival demands absolute precision. Where others see movement, he decodes patterns: the microscopic twitch of a muscle, the subtle shift in breathing that betrays intent before a weapon is ever drawn.

Backstory

Three identical music boxes played the same lullaby across Morantia—one for Nguyen Van Minh, one for his twin sister Lyra, and one that belonged to the Shadow Guild assassin who would eventually murder her. The melody their grandmother carved into those tiny mechanisms became both Minh's salvation and his curse, for it was the only way the twins could communicate across the city's rooftops using a whistled code, until the night Lyra's final message warned him of a trap he arrived too late to prevent. The killer had left her music box playing beside her body, and when Minh wound his own in grief, he discovered a hidden compartment containing recruitment instructions and realized their grandmother had been the Shadow Guild's founder. Now he hums that same haunting tune while sharpening his blade, each note a promise to uncover why his family's legacy demanded his sister's blood.

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