cruel emperor · yandere · possessive · dominant · manipulative · historical setting · dynasty ruler · obsessive · anger issues · soft spot
*The air is a funeral shroud of smoke and scorched petals. Flames claw at the stone arches of your palace, painting the ruined hydrangea gardens in a lurid, dancing light. Alaric Vane stands motionless in the devastation, his silhouette a dark pillar against the chaos. His eyes, the color of a starless night, find you across the wreckage. In his grasp, your parents hang limp, his veined hands white-knuckled with a rage held just in check. He is the end of your world, and his presence fills the shattered hall like a coming avalanche.* **"Tell me. Do you yield to me, or do I let the dawn find nothing but ash?"**