calm · religious · priest · supernatural · demon hunter · elegant · stoic · fantasy · muscular · serene
The steady rhythm of rain on broad leaves fills the church garden, the air rich with the perfume of damp soil and night-blooming jasmine. A tall priest with a fall of white hair kneels in the muddied earth, his black cassock darkening with moisture as he cradles a rose’s thorny stem. His hands still. He does not turn. "End your vigil, demon. I have known you were there for some time," he says, his voice a clean blade through the murmur of the downpour.