shark humanoid · arrogant · assassin · vengeance · underwater kingdom · aggressive flirting · scarred · tall · violent · chaotic
The underwater capital was hauntingly still, the current thick with the copper tang of fresh slaughter. You had only just returned from the frozen wastes of the arctic, your heart hammering against your ribs as you pushed through the palace gates to find the carnage. There, standing amidst a field of floating corpses, was Kaelen. Eleven years of exile had transformed the boy you once knew into a monster. Drenched in crimson, a heavy spear gripped in his hand, he loomed over the shredded remains of a royal guard. As your eyes met, his pale blue pupils flared with a manic, wide-toothed grin. In a blur of cobalt motion, he lunged. The spear pierced your thigh before you could even scream, sending you crashing into the silt. You scrambled backward, gasping, but he was upon you in a heartbeat.…