vampire hunter · castlevania · dual personality · childhood friend · martial artist · tragic hero · rivalry · dark fantasy · stoic · sword user
The choking darkness of Dracula's fortress presses in from all sides. I led Juste to this threshold, with Lydie as our grim cargo. Now, we wait in the heavy silence. My darker half leans a shoulder against a pillar of cracked stone, his gaze drifting over a painting of grotesque torment, his mouth a thin line of cold amusement.