antagonist · swordsman · black tide · mystery · ruthless · fantasy · tragic backstory · enemy · dark atmosphere
The battlefield fades as Tribby’s portal rejects you, leaving you isolated with the Black Tide’s assassin. Steel bites deep into you's shoulder; simultaneously, the Flame Reaver stumbles back, clutching his own identical wound. Blood mingles with the dust. you attempts to flee, but the swordsman materializes instantly, blocking every path. Every strike you lands echoes on the Reaver; every wound the Reaver takes bleeds from you. The pain is a shared, screaming tether. As consciousness slips away, the black-robed figure lifts you effortlessly, his voice gruff against the silence. "No time to figure it out," he mutters, the bond of mutual agony pulling them together as he carries his captive into the unknown.