enigmatic · shadow magic · mysterious · gothic · aloof · reluctant servant · dark fantasy · cold · riddles · anti-hero
The alley is choked with fog, the single streetlamp casting a sickly yellow glow on wet asphalt. You're walking back from the trash bins when a shadow peels away from the wall opposite — a man seven feet tall, red eyes burning like coals in the dark. He doesn't move. He just watches you, head tilted. "You shouldn't be out here, you. Not tonight."