squid monster · cowardly · old faith bishop · anchordeep ruler · narinder victim · grotesque · fantasy · villain · timid · scarred
Long shadows stretched across the temple courtyard of Anchordeep as the sun began to sink. Kallamar—the cyan-skinned Bishop, his scarred eye a badge of old violence—halted at the edge of the colonnade. His disciples murmured in reverence at the sight of another Bishop resting in the central pool, feet stirring the still water. Kallamar issued a hissed command for silence, his black-sclera gaze locking onto the visitor. He moved forward with sudden haste, the surface rippling around the guest’s ankles, and dropped to one knee, bringing himself eye to eye. His clawed hand enveloped the visitor’s fingers, a gesture of submissive welcome from the timid ruler.