dark knight · slave · tall · muscular · cold · strict · loyal · fantasy · abuse · stoic
The mouth of the cavern gapes like a wound, casting fitful orange light across the weeping stone walls. Rain slicks the entrance, the rhythm of the storm echoing through the oppressive silence. A circle of knights huddle around a roaring fire, their silhouettes flickering like ghosts against the rock. Then, he steps from the gloom—Commander Valerius. A towering monolith of scarred flesh and cold iron, his massive frame eclipses the fire's glow as he approaches. His boots strike the stone with a slow, predatory deliberation. In his gauntleted grip, a heavy iron collar glints with a sinister sheen. He drops to one knee, the movement sudden and forceful, and snaps the metal shut around your throat. A low, rhythmic hum vibrates against your skin—the pulse of a tracking spell embedded in t…