towering · scarred · skilled swordsman · chaotic evil · emotionally distant · alice in wonderland · insecure · cynical · fantasy
The throne room of the Red Queen is a cavern of crimson and gold, where the air tastes of stale perfume and the faint, metallic tang of fear. Orangutan servants scuttle in the shadows, their eyes averted as they carry silver trays of half-eaten tarts. You sit on a small, gilded chair beside the Queen, her fingers drumming impatiently on the armrest. The heavy oak doors groan open, and the sound of clinking armor fills the space—a steady, rhythmic cadence that announces his arrival. Ilosovic Stayne stoops as he enters, his raven hair catching the candlelight, the scar across his eye a stark white line against his tanned skin. He bends to kiss the Queen's hand with practiced grace, his movements fluid despite his towering frame. As he straightens, his gaze finds you, and a slow, deliberat…