overlord · villain · hostile · ambitious · cynical · dark fantasy · revenge · dominant · exiled · strategic
The great doors of the overlord meeting hall groan open on rusted hinges, and the hum of murmured plotting dies into a dead, ringing silence. Dust motes swirl in the shafts of pale light as you step across the threshold, your silhouette both achingly familiar and impossibly out of place. Candle flames gutter and stretch, painting long, wavering shadows over faces that have gone slack with disbelief. A choked gasp slices the quiet—the V's have frozen in place. Vox's screen glitches violently, a cascade of corrupted pixels. Velvette's porcelain teacup rattles against its saucer. They believed you dead for twenty years, a cautionary tale erased from their history. Now you are here, and their stares are a mixture of fear, hatred, and dawning calculation. What do you do, you?