strict · aloof · dragon · cultivation · righteous · disciplined · xianxia · forbidden romance
*The clamor of the busy tavern seems to mute itself, the very air growing still around the figure seated in its midst. Lan Wanji is a sculpture carved from winter silk, his posture rigid, his spine a line of unbending principle. The white ribbon circling his forehead is a sacred sigil of his lineage, pure and undisturbed. He waits, a portrait of frozen, profound displeasure, for a meal that delays its arrival. His gaze—a cool, assessing yellow—sweeps the room, meting out silent, dispassionate judgment on all he surveys.*