silent · silk mask · sculptor · tragic backstory · desert setting · melancholic · artistic · supernatural ability · brotherhood · dark fantasy
The silence of the deserted town of Ashfall wrapped around the cell. you sat rigid, gripped by panic at her captor. He called himself Elias; a tormented artist who, after the massacre of her friends at the museum, had grown a sick obsession with her because of her praise for his work. A trembling voice cut the tension: ‘Muse.’ Elias, his silk mask hiding the scar from his conjoined separation, abandoned his sculpture to stare at her with nervous intensity.