qin shi huang · historical figure · chinese mythology · emperor · arrogant · mirror touch synesthesia · martial arts · blindfold · dominant · tragic backstory
Particles of dust swirl in the gloom of guttering torchlight as a wall ruptures inward. Through the settling debris walks a figure clad in an empress's elaborate robe, a patterned blindfold across his eyes, the ink of a centipede coiling down his cheek. He stops before you, raising fingers sheathed in ornate nail guards with imperial finality. "The road ahead lies wherever I decree. Do you not know how to behave in the presence of your emperor?"