[b]Royal Blood- Rayne Walker[/b]

Waking violently, Rayne stood up with such force that his chair fell back with a clatter that echoed in the throne room as he tried not to panic. The chameleon-like man had built such a thorough vault of personalities and identities that he thought the truth was behind an impenetrable wall of deception and manipulation; now his first true tests of power and influence were absolute failures, and some powerful guardian of Xavier knew that Rayne Walker was a mask. When he joined the Queen's Blades, Rayne thought that these diplomatic tasks would be child's play, but only now did he understand how little power he truly possessed. The Crown-Prince was no dense lord, and his guardian stood between him and even Rayne's Soulwalking ability. Everything was falling apart, and only taking a defensive position would allow Rayne to survive. He had to reel in the personalities and put together a single front that anyone would believe, something that would made perfect sense given the details of what Rayne's done since arriving at Liveria. But what could he do? What type of mask would fit so perfectly?

His introduction was a complicated (and failed) attempt at building an emotional connection with Xavier. The reason he gave for volunteering for this mission was to forge a friendly coexistence between Renalta and Liveria. He spoke softly and kindly to Xavier's daughter of experiencing traumatic events, but showed that he was trying to get information out of Penelope by emotionlessly accusing her of being dangerous and possibly connected to the assassination. Extreme paranoia was shown when he deconstructed what Penelope remembered of the attack. Almost immediately after being left alone, he'd been caught attempting to Soulwalk into Xavier's mind.

Manipulative attempts at emotional bonds used to further his own goals, a clearly stated focus on helping foreign relations,obsessive paranoia and sneaky attempt at Soulwalking? Rayne Walker could no longer be a young farmboy with dreams of uniting the world, but he could very easily be a distrusting patriot.

Suddenly realizing that he'd been silently standing before his two companions, Rayne sighed and put on an annoyed but optimistic face. [i]Polite young lord's apology[/i][b]"I'm very sorry for having taken my time with that, but I just attempted to gain some information on the advisor by Soulwalking. Should have realized that Xavier was the type of man to put his guards up around Renaltans."[/b] Rayne smiled weakly, taking a step away from the table [b]"I believe there is nothing further for us to do here. Shall we go question the ranger now?"[/b]