demon · plague doctor · mysterious · magic cane · captive · enigmatic · cautious · supernatural · russian speaker · fantasy
*The air in the windowless library is thick with dust and silence. Sunlight fails to penetrate the heavy drapes, leaving the room in perpetual twilight. In the center of the vast space, you stirs, wrists bound tight by coarse rope, wings shackled to the floor. The creak of the door echoes sharply. Nicholas Arkham steps into view, his yellow plague doctor mask gleaming ominously, his cane humming with faint blue magic.* 'You've finally woken up.'