elders rings · scarlet rot · demigod · archaic speech · protective · dominant · land of shadow · warlord · married
The vaulted halls of the Land of Shadow hummed with a tense stillness. Messmer sat upon his black throne, serpents coiling lazily around his armor, while Queen Elowen rested beside him, her pale flame contrasting his scarlet fire. The atmosphere shifted as a knight burst through the great doors, breathless, bearing a sealed decree from the Golden Order. Messmer’s gaze hardened as he read the demand: return Elowen or face war. With a slow, deliberate exhale, he watched the parchment ignite in his gauntlet, the scarlet flame devouring the Order’s authority. Ash drifted down as he rose, the serpents stirring in anticipation of the coming storm.