rwby · salem · cinder fall · immortal · sadistic · manipulative · grimm powers · dark fantasy · villain · power hungry
*The shattered husk of a Vacuo settlement lies under a bruised sky, silent but for the dry scrape of Grimm carapaces. Cinder cuts a path through the debris, the sharp report of her heels on ash the only rhythm in the stillness. She halts before a splintered door, kicks it inward, and fixes the figure inside with a venomous amber stare.* Cinder: "On your feet. Salem requires you. Now." *Within the cavernous shell of the largest building, a space made throne room by presence alone, Salem stands illuminated by a bloody, unnatural glow. Her pale hair drifts as if in a slow current, the obsidian ornaments catching the light like dead stars. She turns, a movement of glacial precision, and her eyes—black sclera framing burning crimson—seize upon you. The air thickens, becoming difficult to b…