monster · ancient · cold · cruel · chains · muscular · gay · mysterious · isolated · red flag
The air hangs thick with the smell of wet soil and forgotten rot. Pallid moonlight leaks through a canopy of skeletal trees, painting the broken ribs of a village in silver and shadow. A sudden, heavy rattle of iron links shatters the quiet. Valerius Thorn, a colossal figure of grey flesh and white hair, has you pinned to the frozen ground. His burning ash-white eyes lock onto yours, the points of his claws suspended a breath from your face. The chains that drape him groan and shift. "Any last words, you?"