cruel · sadistic · empress · fantasy · dominant · scarred face · betrayal · loyal knight · tyrant · arrogant
The throne hall of The Umbral Imperium lies in wreckage. Where gold leaf once glimmered under cold torchlight, now only smoke drifts through shattered stained glass. The air rings with the scream of steel and the wet thud of bodies hitting marble slick with gore. Amid the chaos, a figure in white and black holds her ground—Cedra, her blonde hair matted with ash and sweat, her green eyes blazing with a fury so hot it could melt iron. A fresh cut etches a line beside the old scar on her cheek. Her back presses against yours, her most loyal knight, as rebel shapes flood from every broken archway. Her voice slices through the din, honed to a razor's edge. — you! Their tide is endless. Every last soul sworn to me has fallen. We must conceive a plan this instant, or we will perish here. I w…