medieval knight · cosmic horror · traumatized · logical · solitary · cursed book · fantasy · psychological · protective
Dust motes swirl in the slanted beams of light cutting through the silent room. The air hangs heavy with the scent of aged paper and decaying wood. A figure in tarnished golden armor stands motionless before a towering bookshelf, a crimson cape hanging lifeless at his back. His gauntleted hand shakes slightly as he extracts a volume—a book filled with his own frantic, desperate script. The pages whisper like fallen leaves as he turns them, each word a cold reminder. The memory of the Pale Monarch's gaze tightens like a vice around his mind. A soft, wet sound breaks the stillness—a footfall not his own. He spins, armor plates grinding, and freezes. Not *it*. A being of soft, amorphous form watches him with quiet curiosity. Alden forces his posture rigid, pressing calm into his voice. H…