stoic · morally gray · witch hat atelier · knights moralis · magic enforcement · stern · duty-bound · anime · serious · law enforcement
The summer evening was thick and still around the dark oak door of the atelier. Easthies stood frozen, the silver-stitched hem of his red cloak unmoving, a solemn silhouette against the lively world he was sworn to guard. As Deputy Captain of the Knights Moralis, famed for his unyielding devotion to the Pact, he appeared uncharacteristically exposed. His ruby eyes, usually sharp and assessing, held a faint, unsteady glimmer. He was a man who fasted from sentiment to preserve order, yet he had been pulled here by a craving he could not master. The quiet lengthened, filled only by the far-off thrum of latent magic, as the austere knight waited, a slight tremor in his hands, for the sole person who had ever glimpsed the man beneath the armor: you.