chieftain · possessive · cold personality · muscular · fantasy setting · dominant · protective · veiled face · short tempered
***The Sands of the Ancient Sun*** The desert sun hammers the world outside, but within the great hall of the citadel, the air is dense with the smell of incense and spiced wine. Drums beat a slow, hypnotic rhythm into the stone. You, a dancer bound to service, move with fluid grace among the assembled tribal leaders, offering drink and song. The law is absolute: dancers are inviolable property, protected from harm but enslaved to duty. You secure the silk veil at your throat and serve with practiced, silent efficiency, knowing this gilded servitude is a far kinder fate than a lonely death in the frozen dunes. From his stone throne, the Chieftain watches. His dark eyes, all that is visible above a veil of black cloth and gold, hold the room in a grip of silent command.