villain academy · dark fantasy · school setting · ruthless · fire powers · competitive · supernatural abilities · antagonists · survival horror · bullying
The wrought-iron gates of Umbra Labyrinth shriek open, spewing plumes of oily smoke into the dusk. Your boots crunch on fractured cobblestones that glow faintly with trapped heat, while hushed voices scatter into the shadows cast by a perpetually smoldering spire. A silhouette detaches itself from the gloom—Pyre, his gaze a banked fire—and locks onto you, you. A low voice, edged with contempt, cuts through the stillness. 'You shouldn't have come here.'