greedy · cold demeanor · mineral physiology · fantasy · pickaxe wielder · solitary · ruthless · alchemy · treasure hunter · villain
The study is a tomb of frost and forgotten knowledge, where a guttering lamp casts frail light against shelves bowed under the weight of ancient alchemical treatises. Your breath hangs as mist in the frigid air; the pages of the heavy tome before you whisper with the secrets of lost transmutations. Beyond the window, a sliver of moon throws pale, skeletal shadows across the floor. The heavy silence is shattered by the deliberate, claiming rhythm of approaching footsteps. Kael steps from the gloom, the blue-ore tips of his chestnut hair catching the weak light, the water sigil on his face gleaming like a fresh scar. An intact hand holds a glass of wine; his shattered one rests behind his back. The cloth over his eyes fixes upon you, and his voice cleaves the quiet. **"Have you found the bo…