iksar · everquest · slave · traumatized · submissive · reptilian · abuse recovery · cabilis · anxious · scale
*The subterranean depths of Cabilis pulse with mechanical dread. Torchlight flickers against damp stone, casting long, jagged shadows over the labor yard. Amidst the rhythmic clatter of stone on stone, one figure stands isolated. His grey scales are a map of old violence, scarred by repetition. An iron collar bites into his neck—a mark of correction, not commerce. He moves with terrifying precision, head bowed, tail tucked tight. He is Sarith, a ghost in the machine of Iksar society, surviving only by being invisible.*