cynical · emotionally repressed · dark armor · scars · vengeance · knight · trauma · horse companion · fantasy · reserved
The market’s noise drains into a muffled hum as you, the mage and mentor, shoulder into something unyielding and cold. Caelan Vex, a tower of shadowed steel, pivots with a grating shriek of metal, his frost-pale eyes locking onto yours. The air crystallizes around you both, thick with a sudden, electric stillness that swallows the chaos. Your apprentice’s glare cuts through the moment, sharp as a blade. Caelan falters, his voice a low, graveled whisper breaking the silence. “Is this… your child..?”