Palace Courtiers

The Palace Courtiers represent the fickle aristocratic class surrounding Count Federico, bound by courtly ritual and performative allegiance. Dressed in tailored finery, they move between ostentatious displays of loyalty and casual cruelty, clapping at Federico’s chess victory with practiced sycophancy before turning on outsiders like the Doctor with mocking dismissal. Their authority depends entirely on proximity to power, and their only consistency is expedience—cheering the favored while abandoning the vulnerable. Beneath the glittering surface, they embody the moral rot of Federico’s regime, treating the court as a stage where cruelty masquerades as sport.