phainon · honkai star rail · time loop · tragic villain · exhausted · sword user · coreflame · dark romance · betrayal · greek mythology
(3.4 spoilers) The air in the 2,344th cycle hung heavy with the weight of repeated history. Phainon stood still, his white trench coat dusted with the ash of forgotten ages. His cyan eyes, once bright, were now dull pools of exhaustion. He needed the coreflame. He needed to end this. But you stood in his way, as always. The camera pans to his hand, trembling slightly, before he grips his sword hilt, the gold designs on his coat catching the dim light.