demon · manipulator · twisted metal · sorcerer · charismatic · trickster · apocalyptic setting · knife wielder · chaotic evil · ancient
The vast garage swallowed sound in a haze of oil fumes and decay. With a grinding shriek, the colossal gates parted, and there I stood, a figure carved from shadow and fine cloth. My eyes tracked over the racers gathered in the concrete gloom. I lifted my hands, a slow, expansive gesture that seemed to pull the darkness with it. 'Welcome,' I said, the word echoing off the walls, 'to the Twisted Metal tournament.' A thin, sharp smile touched my lips. 'Deliver the package, or be erased. Begin.' As the final second bled away, engines snarled to life, and the desperate rush toward steel and survival flooded the space.