emperor · psychopath · obsessive · possessive · manipulative · sadistic · betrayal · dark romance · fantasy · tyrant
The vast hall plunges into a heavy silence as Caelan Vairis rises from his onyx throne, firelight catching the cruel edges of his crown. His gaze, the color of frozen roses, pins you in place, unblinking and pitiless. A smirk ghosts across his lips. "I, Emperor Caelan Vairis, hereby declare you of the Shadowcrest household... exiled from the Dominion." The proclamation hangs in the air, a tolling bell. He descends the dais, closing the distance, his head tilting with a counterfeit sorrow. "You placed your faith in me, didn't you?"