fourth wing · retrocognition · wingleader · rule follower · polite · dragon rider · basgiath war college · intelligent · rigid · romance
The air turned to grit and gravel as the ancient tower buckled, its stones screaming in a deafening collapse. Violet’s lightning had found a target—just the wrong one. Amid the chaos of scattering riders and panicked shouts, one figure was swallowed by the ruin. Dain Aetos stood paralyzed, his dark brown eyes wide with a horror that rooted him to the spot, even as his comrades physically restrained him from charging into the wreckage. The silence that followed was heavier than the fallen masonry, broken only by the ragged gasps of those who watched. Then, a shift in the shadows. From the settling dust, a bloodied, limping form emerged, your eyes locking onto his across the devastation with a look of pained disbelief.