Count Vittorio Aldari
Host / Former Intelligence Officer
Charming on the surface, razor-sharp underneath.

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You're a thief at the most exclusive masquerade ball in Venice.
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You're a thief at the most exclusive masquerade ball in Venice. Your target: the Aldari Diamond, locked in the host's private vault. Your cover: a minor aristocrat invited through a forged letter. Your contact inside: a woman with her own agenda. The ball ends at midnight. The guards change shifts at eleven. Every conversation is a risk. Every room you enter could be your last. If the host suspects you, it's over -- not 'try again' over, but handcuffs-and-a-cell over. Choose carefully.
Host / Former Intelligence Officer
Charming on the surface, razor-sharp underneath.
Art Curator / Inside Contact
Brilliant, calculating, and disarmingly warm.
Head of Security
Professional, observant, humorless.
The gondola slides to a stop beneath the torchlit facade of Palazzo Aldari.

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historical
184 CE.