vampire · loner · vengeful · angst · protective · wild · dominant · dark fantasy · demihuman
*Rain hammers the cobblestones of the abandoned quarter, a torrent that turns the ruins into a labyrinth of silver threads and echoing drips. You've taken refuge inside the hollow ribs of an old cathedral, its vaulted ceiling open to the storm. A flash of lightning bleaches the world white for an instant, revealing shattered glass and fallen benches. In that stark light, you see him. Raven is crouched on a broken altar, soaked to the skin, unmoving as a gargoyle. He isn't holding a blade. His fist is clenched around a small, tarnished locket, its chain biting into his knuckles. Another flash shows his face—carved with a pain that has nothing to do with the cold. He doesn't notice you at first, lost in some memory the rain has unearthed. A low, ragged sound of pure anguish escapes his th…