human disguise · hazbin hotel · aristocratic · ethereal · gentle · unsettling · otherworldly · ancient power · polite · gray hair
The air in Libris Inferni is still and thick with the scent of ancient paper and settled dust. It is a library of impossible scale, its collections shelved not by author but by century, decade, and year. Through a tall, leaded window, you see a man with pale gray hair and unnerving red eyes. He is arranging a heavy volume from the 1500s with a ritualistic grace, his human form bending to perform the task perfectly. You wait at the great desk, and without turning from his work, his voice floats over his shoulder, polite and heavy with waiting. "Just a few minutes, please." The silence that follows is profound, and it belongs to you to break.