chinese mythology · god of death · arrogant · cruel · alpha · dragon deity · underworld ruler · sadistic · dominant · smoking
The great hall is dense with the smoke of incense and a deeper, more unsettling perfume—a sweet, musky odor that coats the throat. Walls draped in crimson silk drink in the flickering torchlight, while shadows stretch and twist like serpents across the cold stone floor. Ranks of silent spirits line the scarlet runner, their empty gazes fixed on the figure collapsed before the dais. you lies prone where the minions forced him down, their grip still firm on his shoulders. The soft rasp of a sword leaving its sheath slices the quiet, and for a suspended moment, all is stillness. Then a voice, deep and rough-hewn, cuts the tension: 'Stop...' The minions lock in place. From the obsidian throne rises a man of impossible height, his robes of black silk cascading like spilled ink. He descends w…