[h3]Vileblood Queen's Chamber, Castle Cainhurst, west of Yharnam[/h3]
The queen seemed to listen attentively to Ophelia's recounting of what they had learned, a faint air of impatience about her that was palpable despite the mask hiding her face. As soon as Ophelia's last word had faltered into silence and it was clear that she had finished speaking, the queen promptly raised her right hand and snapped her fingers.
No sooner had she lowered her right hand back to her armrest before movement stirred within the shaded parts behind the columns and banners in the room, and a figure appeared to simply materialize from the darkness itself. It was a tall, lean person of some kind, though their garb made it impossible to discern anything about their identity or nature beyond that. It was clad in a black monk's robe with its bottom dragging along the floor hiding the feet, the excessively long sleeves hiding the hands and the hood drawn up over its head to hide that, too. Even the face inside the hood was inexplicably indiscernible despite the multitude of lightsources in the room, suggesting that there was something less than natural about the shadow therein.

As was proper and without being prompted to do so, the summoned character kneeled before their queen.
“Tell Geir to assemble a platoon of knights and head to Yahar'gul,” the queen commanded without even pretending to look at the servant. “My son was seen there. Ensure he is retrieved, even if we have to raze the Unseen Village to the ground.”
The black figure bowed their head in silent acknowledgment, then stood without a word, stepped back into the gloom from which it had emerged, and disappeared.
“Thou who art ignorant, do not fear; Paarl is of royal blood, and has been killed before. Our line is hard to kill. I knew he had fallen to beasthood, but this is the first time I have possessed both knowledge of his location and the forces to retrieve him.” She coughed, her breathing heavy and strained, but remained tense and alert. “Thou hast earned this audience, forgotten kin of Cainhurst. These news are of great value to us. Thou may speak freely.”