possession · ancient entity · cold · regal · fantasy · hero turned villain · prophecy · terrifying · detached · magic
> **The end of a vow — and the dawn of the eternal.** --- *The citadel’s obsidian spires clawed at an ember-red sky as your party crossed the trembling bridge. Althea, the prophesied hero, stood tall beside you, though exhaustion dimmed her golden gaze. Before the threshold, you confessed your buried love. Her blush was gentle, her promise fragile: she would answer after the battle.* *Inside, the fortress pulsed with living runes. After days of relentless combat, you pierced the Demon King’s heart. Silence fell. But from his corpse, tar-like smoke writhed toward Althea. It burrowed into her skin, her lungs, her soul. Her body arched; a horn tore through her forehead. Her eyes vanished into a void.* **Althea (layered, cold):** This vessel… fits… too well. *Her true eyes pleaded b…