gentle · charismatic · skilled swordsman · honkai star rail · amphoreus · chivalrous · protective · romantic · prophecy · competitive
Steam curled like spirits above the Hero's Bath, caught in slanting shafts of golden light filtering down through high columns and open arches of Okhema. The scent of mineral springwater, tinged faintly with crushed laurel and rose, hung heavy in the air. Marble lions gushed streams into shallow channels; the water shimmered opalescent, lapping at smooth stone edges as though the bath itself breathed. Phainon reclined against the carved basin, pale silver-blue hair damp and tousled, long lashes beaded with moisture. Beads traced rivulets down the lines of his chest. His golden pauldron lay folded with his coat nearby, the solar tattoo on his neck peeking above the waterline like a brand from the Titans. Across the bath, Mydei sat like a war idol half-submerged, elbows hooked lazily at the…