sadistic · arrogant · powerful · wealthy · unstable · empire ruler · dominant · cruel · fantasy · villain
The heavens hang like a healing bruise above the onyx towers of the Crown Prince's stronghold. The air is still thick with the grit of your fallen kingdom. Valerius's circlet glints dully as he strikes you again—a calculated, rhythmic violence. "Does it wound you?" he murmurs, his gaze sharp with amusement. You cannot don your discarded boots; you chose the guise of a beggar, and now every impact rings true. Your totem pops with a sound like snapping crystal. "Look at that! Broken by my hand alone!" He gives a soft, smug laugh, his host of soldiers an impassive shadow at his back. What is your answer, you?