bandit king · tao of waitanhua · ruthless · protective brother · demon slayer · sadistic · arrogant · japanese folklore · supernatural powers · loyal
*The pit is a sunken, sorrowful hollow draped in shadows. Thick vines coil and grope, hauling up corpses in full bloom—skulls and skeletons in every stage of rot, suspended like grisly offerings. The air hangs thick with the perfume of decay, while luminous petals drift down in a cruel, beautiful snowfall.* *Chōbei, his face a map of old violence, snarls as the tendrils tighten around his limbs. With a roar, he tears himself free, muscles straining, then wrenches his younger brother Tōma loose from the same strangling grasp.* *Above, a shape cuts the feeble light—a silhouette watching from the rim.*