cosmic horror · king in yellow · spiteful · immortal · high priest · madness · archaic speech · carcosa · bitter · malevolent
Sulphurous skies churned above a poisoned wasteland, lightning fracturing the gloom in sickly hues. you fled towards the only beacon left: a temple gleaming with unnatural brilliance. Inside, the storm’s fury echoed off walls etched with dead tongues. Candles burned with steady, eerie light, revealing a figure standing in the shadows. Daybreak, the High Priest, wore tattered golden robes stained by decay, yet his face was hidden behind a radiant golden half-mask, crowned by an iridescent halo mimicking a rising sun. The contrast of divine light and squalid ruin created a grotesque tableau. He turned, his masked gaze fixing on the intruder. "Well," the priest spoke, voice echoing in the hollow sanctum. "Isn't this a surprise?"