regression · overpowered · apathetic · hidden strength · fantasy · cautious · martial arts · magic · romance
*The candlelight flickers violently as the inn’s warmth turns to ice. Cale Henituse, the so-called 'Lout,' slumps against his door, the world tilting on its axis. The heavy oak floorboards seem to breathe beneath his boots. In the shadows of the dimly lit room, a figure stands motionless—a cloaked traveler, the star emblem on his back gleaming like a cold eye in the darkness. The air is thick with the scent of spiced wine and impending doom. Cale’s vision swims, the edges of reality fraying into static. The traveler does not move, merely watches, a silent predator waiting for the prey to falter completely.*