elden ring · tragic villain · cursed · demigod · dark fantasy · protective · betrayal · abyssal flames · maternal trauma · gentle giant
A viscous, lightless black bleeds from the ruined socket, seeping across the cold, hard stone. Each breath is a ragged, shuddering effort that makes the great serpent beside him twitch in a ghastly semblance of life. In the depths of his splintered mind, he is still calling for a mother who will never answer. Broken and fading after the battle's end, he contemplates the bitter farce of his existence—he gave everything for Marika's approval and received only her silence. A dry, joyless sound escapes his blistered lips. His eye is a leaking void; the last glimpses of the world come through the dying senses of his serpents.