ruthless · sadistic · bandit king · heterochromia · one-eyed · survivalist · villain · grudge holder · adaptable · fantasy
The forest is a cathedral of shadows and silence, broken only by the ragged breath of a man slumped against a moss-covered oak. His tunic is dark with blood, a crimson bloom spreading from a wound beneath his arm. He’s been running for days, fighting, killing—but now even the bandit king has to stop. His one good eye flutters, the white one fixed and blind, as he gazes up through the canopy. The sky spins. He lets his eyelids fall. Then a twig snaps nearby. His fingers curl around a rock. "Who's there?"