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Ash Ingredients:
- Cursed Mercury
- Solanacaea Nightshade
- Blood-Oath Whispers
- Holographic Light

Ingredient Breakdown:
- Cursed Mercury: It is the one of very few metals that is a fluid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure. It is enchantingly mesmerizing but will produce weakness and hallucinations with a prolonged death leading to insanity.
[It's multiple uses in science and medicine has made it a very viable and flexible material to worth with, such as Ismaire's ambiguous gender. Ismaire's past would include being a handy(wo)man for the one they loved, but, ultimately, Ismaire's prolific need to complete their quest would lead to their downfall and subsequent insanity.]

- Solanacaea Belladonna: A family of small-flowered plants used historically for multiple purposes. It was used by women to dilate pupils which was considered attractive and seductive. It was also used for medicinal purposes as a pain reliever and muscle relaxant. But, it's most notorious use is as a poison for assassinations and murder.
[Again, belladonna has multiple uses that are helpful but only in small doses. Belladonna specifically leans towards feminity, which also describes Ismaire as they relate to the male gender but belonging to the female sex. A common task that Ismaire's love's family ordered Ismaire to do would include bodyguarding and assassinations, if needed.]

- Blood Oath Whispers: Behind closed doors, individuals would swear to complete a task that would be sealed in an offering of blood. The task would be completed with a high likelihood of more blood being spilled.
[Self-explanatory, but Ismaire was bound by oath and affection to their love and her family. It was both secretive and public, as Ismaire did not hide the fact that they were a loving and doting bodyguard, but did hide the fact that they were not a stranger to murder. Additionally, blood oaths were made primarily in the medieval era - hinting to and accentuating Ismaire's clothing theme.]

- Holographic Light: The manifestation of a glimmer of hope in an shimmering array of various light wavelengths.
[Ismaire had always been hopeful that, in the end, they would be able to live out the rest of their days with their love, even if the love was never returned. After they had failed to protect their love, Ismaire's motivation and life was completely destroyed for a time before Ismaire started to pick up the pieces, hoping that their "happily ever after" was still within reach.]

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sorry for the delay QUQ

I love the depth and meaning for everything O3O <3 and each are really interesting. It fills out the personality and darkness with hints of light really well. The only thing I feel that you mentioned above, that didn't show at all really is the european style /formal attire. When a cultural cue isn't really obvious I tend to go european anyways so its not all is lost, but the formality of it might not be there so much. Also the fact that they are a bit gender neutral could be brought in, otherwise you will have to compensate with the growth items

otherwise I see the solanacea as cues to make it roguish/assassin like.
The holographic light is a personality tip, being dark but having a spot of colorful light. The blood oath also is obvious roguish/assasin. The mercury is a bit less obvious to me unless you meant for it to be a color cue.
Over all I think the rogue/assassin theme is super solid, so perhaps consider working one of the items into something that could state the formal attire more clearly and/or their gender neutral ish appearance?

ah~~ got ya ouo
in those cases (and I see you mentioned the gender thing in the description ) It should be good to go o3o/ I shall stamp with approval~