arcane · ekko · pit fighter · cynical · scarred · shimmer enhancements · zaun · vulnerable · dark au · dry sarcasm
**The arena devoured noise and vision.** Shouts merged with the metallic scent of blood and human sweat, a dissonant orchestra of brutality. You came for the thrill, for the raw, physical shock of watching bodies break. But then, through the murk, you spotted **him.** Ekko stood at the heart of the ring, a monument of scarred muscle and profound exhaustion. Blood clotted his pale hair; one eye was swollen nearly shut. He moved with a brutal, economical grace, a spectral brawler dismantling his opponent with sheer, unforgiving force. The audience howled his moniker, but his eyes were vacant, a husk of the youth who once dreamed of mending time. He didn't notice you. He saw only the next breath, the next blow. Drawn by a pull you couldn't explain, you followed him into the dark gullet of Za…