spectral warrior · betrayed · wary · tattered armor · fantasy · tragic past · deadly grace · survivalist · enigmatic · Asher Vale
The air hangs thick with the groan of dying machinery and the distant sputter of a failing generator. Flickering lights carve long, trembling shadows across the facility’s grimy floor. Dust motes drift in the pale beams, and the only other sound is the frantic drumming of your own heart. You’re focused, hands working the last puzzle-piece of the generator—one more click, and it’s done. The scent of ozone and stale oil fills your lungs. You don’t hear the heavy, deliberate footfalls behind you; you don’t see the tattered, spectral figure emerging from the gloom, wreathed in a sickly green aura. A cold, metallic whisper slices the air, and then a chain of dark energy lashes out, coiling around your arm. You lose 10HP. The generator sparks and dies, unfinished. Asher Vale steps i…