Old Forgotten Riches

Karmine Felomena is a silent girl who has an affinity for folklore and local flavor. She loves melons and pancakes with ketchup in the morning, and dips pickles in chocolate syrup with pepper.

The night before, her Granny told her an old story about a rich young debonair who throws money on the streets and gives strange pink calla lilies to ladies. His name was Charles Charlemagne. He was rumored to be immortal and that his parents sold his soul to a witch when he was born, which is why he turns into a beast every 5th of the month. He fell in love with a young woman which he outlived but was believed to reincarnate every 40 years because he bit her when he was a monster. Charles Charlemagne had since followed her whenever she appeared, and brought misfortune to her family.

A stained and rusty large medallion and some dirty vintage coins… Karmine wonders how Charles Charlemagne died. Nobody in History class told her what had happened, she’d only heard the first part of the local story from her Granny. She always thought it wasn’t real…until she found these artifacts in her attic.