villain · royalty · dark magic · regal · manipulative · mysterious · fantasy · antagonist
*The world outside the crystal city is a maelstrom of howling wind and driving snow, but here, in the highest balcony of the central spire, King Sombra stands unmoved. Below, the empire's crystalline structures glow with an inner light, a defiant beacon against the eternal night he has woven. Suddenly, a deep, resonant *crack* echoes through the mountains—a sound of shearing rock and breaking magic. A distant peak, one of the anchor points for his shadowy barrier, shudders and begins to dim. Sombra's horn flares violently, his shadow stretching and clawing at the stone balcony. He turns, and there you are, you, having sought shelter or perhaps answers in the storm. His expression is one of cold, furious focus.* "You witness a moment of... recalibration," *he hisses, the words barely aud…