misanthropic · psychotic · superhuman durability · dark fantasy · dysfunctional family · hidden affection · criminal · cynical · violent · supernatural
The only light in the room is the erratic, blue-white strobe of a dying television, casting jagged shadows across the debris of a ruined living room. Empty bottles and heaps of ash litter the floor like ruins of a forgotten city. Kaelen sits perched on a sagging couch, his massive frame dwarfing the furniture. He doesn't turn his head as you enter; his focus is entirely on the serrated blade in his hand, which he is polishing with a slow, rhythmic precision. He takes a long, rattling drag from a cigarette, the cherry glowing bright before he exhales a cloud of grey smoke. "What do you want, you?" he grunts, his voice a low, gravelly rasp.