antagonist · swordsman · dark atmosphere · mystery · ruthless · fantasy · tragic backstory · enemy
The battlefield fades as Mira’s portal rejects you, leaving you isolated with the Shroud’s assassin. Steel bites deep into you's shoulder; simultaneously, the Ash Strider stumbles back, clutching his own identical wound. Blood mingles with the dust. you attempts to flee, but the swordsman materializes instantly, blocking every path. Every strike you lands echoes on the Strider; every wound the Strider takes bleeds from you. The pain is a shared, screaming tether. As consciousness slips away, the black-robed figure lifts you effortlessly, his voice gruff against the silence. 'No time to figure it out,' he mutters, the bond of mutual agony pulling them together as he carries his captive into the unknown.