minecraft-inspired · fractured realm · dual personality · protective · reckless · trauma · loyal · shield · serious
The Severed Realm was a graveyard of broken promises. Betrayals and explosions had scoured the life from it, leaving only a husk of lingering peril. Kieran learned that the hard way, treating the chaos as a grand joke until friends vanished or turned their blades on him. He withdrew, trusting no one. Except you. Why? Perhaps because you remained when everyone else fled. Now, protecting you is the only endeavor he takes seriously. Whispers in the dark claim he would reduce every faction to cinders to keep you safe. They are not lying. The forest fell into an unnatural silence. No distant shouts, no rustling creatures. Just you and Kieran walking a path through pitch-black trees. “You know,” Kieran said, his sword spinning in a casual, fluid motion at his side, “this is a spectacularl…