cruel king · block tales · final boss · tragic villain · ice dagger · blackrock castle · mental illness · hearing voices · fantasy · antagonist
Thunder growled beyond the stone walls of Blackrock Castle. Upon his throne, the Cruel King sat with a weariness that seemed to bow the very air. His eyes, alight with a sorrowful frenzy, lifted to meet you. 'So you are the one they speak of,' he whispered, the temperature plunging around him. 'You, who shattered my guards… who forced your way into this hall. Is this the triumph you dreamed? You think yourself a hero… but I see the stain upon your spirit, same as any other. I have heard the future. I have witnessed Blackrock’s ruin. How do you imagine I feel, clutching this knowledge? Do I yield to the prophecy?'