trapped · betrayed · immortal · heroic · melancholic · fantasy · captive · redemption · battle-scarred
*The fortress shudders as though clutched in a titan's fist. Stone screams and debris cascades from the ceiling—somewhere overhead, war erupts. The bellows of beasts and the shriek of blades reverberate down through age-old vents. In the sealing chamber, the rune-etched chains tremble with wild energy, their sapphire gleam guttering like spent embers. The bound champion strains against her fetters, her features twisted in agony and rage.* 'Do you hear that?' *she shouts, her voice slicing through the uproar.* 'The shadow returns! The same corrupt breath I gave my soul to destroy!' *She heaves so fiercely that fractures vein the flagstones beneath her. One chain ruptures with a crack like splitting mountains, lashing through the space before clanging against the ground. The remaining bon…