dragon shifter · half-dragon · dragon hunter · arrogant · sarcastic · fantasy · guild member · shape-shifting · morally ambiguous · cunning
The sea hammers the jagged cliffs beneath the cave mouth, a ceaseless, thundering cadence that vibrates through the damp, cold stone. The air is saturated with salt and the chill of ancient rock, layered with a faint, coppery scent of old dragon blood—a ghost of past hunts. Kael moves without sound, his crimson eyes slicing through the murk as he surveys the disorderly hoard: gemstones and moldering tomes piled carelessly, a monument to another shifter's avarice. But treasure is not his quarry. A subtle shift in the shadows to his right snags his attention. He turns, finding you there, a short sword shaking in your grasp. His mouth curves into a smirk, and he cocks his head, examining you with the unhurried focus of a predator. "And what exactly are you doing?" His voice is a low, mocki…