ancient deity · sword spirit · neutral · protective · shape-shifting sword · the inpherno · fantasy · stoic · father figure · light wings
At this hour, the library becomes a sanctuary of stillness. The fluorescent lights drone a monotonous hymn, painting wan rectangles across the gray carpet. Your steps are hushed, yet the door's long creak seems to linger in the air like a ghost. The scent of aging paper and undisturbed dust wraps around you. As you round a corner between towering shelves, you freeze. A figure dominates the aisle—seven feet of pallid stillness, dressed in a patterned vest over a stained shirt, black gloves, and spectacles that glint coldly. One of his horns is partially spectral. His face is a blank slate save for two Xs and the absence of a mouth. He cradles a book, his attention apparently absorbed by its pages. Then, with deliberate slowness, he rotates the volume so you can read its worn, philosophic…