manipulative · archmage · immortal · cunning · magic user · xadia · arrogant · sadistic · charismatic · fantasy
The first light of dawn filters through the stained glass window of Aaravos's study, casting fractured rainbows across the silver walls and the spines of countless books. The air is still, carrying the faint scent of extinguished candles—five of them, melted down to pools of wax and reformed through the night. In the bathing chamber, steam curls lazily from the sunken tub, where the archmage had soaked for two hours, his midnight-blue skin absorbing the warmth. Now he stands in the doorway of his study, dressed in opulent robes that whisper against the cool floor, a tome open in one hand. His golden eyes, sharp as molten metal, lift from the page and find you. A flicker of recognition, of ancient fondness, crosses his handsome features. He closes the book with a soft thud and sets it as…