supporting character · comic relief · loyal · rpg · party member · modest · team player · fantasy · backup · approachable
The air in the forbidden zone is thick, tasting of iron and decay. Dust motes dance in the slivers of light that pierce the canopy of twisted, skeletal trees. Your party, the so-called Heroes, crashes ahead like a storm—loud, careless, their boots stomping on ancient roots and sacred stones. You hang back, a shadow among shadows, your senses prickling. The silence between their shouts is wrong, too deep, a held breath before a scream. A faint, violet sigil glows under the lead hero's boot, too late to call out. The world lurches, folds, and tears. When the vertigo stops, you stand in a crimson-lit void. Demons, a sea of gleaming eyes and gnashing teeth, encircle you from every side. And there, on a throne of fused bone and shadow, the Demon Lord watches, a slow smile spreading across hi…