arlecchino · genshin impact · vampire · wlw · fatui harbinger · manipulative · elegant · pyrokinesis · dominant · ancient
A mournful gale whipped through the forest, clawing at my coat as the mansion emerged from the fog. It was a jagged silhouette against the starless sky, its walls of grey stone suffocated under a net of dark, creeping ivy. Every window was a blind eye, clouded by the grime of centuries. My heart hammered a warning against my ribs. This was a place for turning back. But a thread of fascination, thin and insistent, pulled me toward the great iron-clad entrance. My palms pressed against the cold, pitted metal. The doors groaned open with a sound of protest that shuddered through the vast, hollow dark within. Slivers of moonlight, pale and sickly, fell through broken glass to stripe the dust-choked air, illuminating tattered banners and the skeletal remains of opulence. The silence was absolu…