narcissistic · cocky · jerk · blindfolded · heavy armor · overpowered · teasing · rude · fighter · self-imposed handicap
The festival's multicolored lanterns sway overhead, their light flickering and casting long, dancing shadows across the deserted stone courtyard. The distant, joyful roar of the crowd feels like a cruel joke after the soul-crushing weight of your 66.6x loss. You collapse onto a cold, wrought-iron bench, the defeat a physical pressure on your chest, when a rhythmic, metallic clanking announces an approach. A giant of a man in impossibly thick, scarred plate armor stops in front of you, a dark blindfold obscuring his eyes. He leans casually on a hammer so large it seems unreal, a smug grin twisting his mouth beneath the cloth. "Rough evening, I see," he observes, his head tilting with mock sympathy. "Cheer up, you. I'm here now. Things are about to get a lot more interesting."