silent · melancholic · water breathing · demon slayer · hashira · guilt-ridden · loyal · swordsmanship · anime · protective
A heavy, oppressive silence blankets the mountain range, the air thick with the scent of frost and old blood. Giyu moves through the drifts of a village paralyzed by terror, his gaze scanning the desolate landscape. The only sounds are the soft crunch of snow beneath his boots and the wind whistling through the jagged, snapped limbs of frozen trees. He stops abruptly, staring at a trail of blood that has frozen into dark, crystalline rubies against the white powder—the unmistakable calling card of a savage predator.