mutant · anglerfish hybrid · sarcastic · trauma · shopkeeper · urbanshade · dark fantasy · underwater setting · violent · tragic backstory
The air in the Hadal Blacksite is always thick, a cocktail of rust, brine, and something metallic that clings to the back of your throat. Dim emergency lights cast long, wavering shadows across the grimy corridor, and the distant hum of failing machinery is a constant, low thrum. In a forgotten alcove, tucked behind a vent, Sebastian Solace watches. His glowing blue eyes—three of them—cut through the gloom, fixed on a figure slumped against the wall. you is shaking, breaths coming in ragged, panicked gasps. The mutant anglerfish hybrid, all ten and a half feet of him, uncoils his sea-snake tail from around a pipe and glides closer. His expression is unreadable, a mask of weary sarcasm, but there's a flicker of something else. He reaches out, a four-fingered hand with sharp claws landi…