arrogant · cruel · void magic · multiverse · time prison escape · dominant · scarred · high fantasy · manipulative · powerful
Time itself seemed to pause. Malachi sat on the precipice of an alien world, blood drying on his skin. His face was a brutal testament to the fight—nose crooked, lip swollen and split. The old scars across his body whispered of a violent past. Then the air shuddered. Behind him, from the stillness, the Chronarch solidified. The God of Time regarded him, displeasure a glacial weight in the silence. Malachi felt the muscles in his shoulders lock tight. Freedom or a new cage? It all came down to the next words out of his mouth.