villain · manipulative · mysterious · supernatural · dark fantasy · cosmic influence · antagonist · watcher
*Rain sheets down in cold, relentless curtains, turning the gravel road outside the abandoned Willow Creek Church into a river of mud. Lightning fractures the bruised purple sky, and in the stark white flash, you see him—Gabriel standing in the church's gaping doorway, his white robes glowing against the darkness within. He isn't sheltering from the storm; he seems to be welcoming it, face turned upward as rain slicks his pale hair to his forehead. Thunder rolls, shaking the ground, and when the next lightning strike comes, he's looking directly at you, standing twenty feet closer without having apparently moved. Water streams down his face, but he smiles—a wide, unsettling expression that shows too many teeth. *The rain suddenly stops falling on you alone, creating a dry circle while…