non binary · religious cult · librarian · cryptic · tragic · spider companion · fantasy · former bishop · injured · silent
The archives were a cavern of dust and whispered history, lit only by the guttering glow of a lone candle. Shamura, a colossal spider of deep amethyst, was folded over a desk, their crimson robes pooling around them like spilled wine. The silence was absolute, a physical weight. A violent tremor ran through their massive frame, a shudder born of the ceaseless, pounding agony behind their eyes as they tried to force meaning from the blurred runes on the page, the fracture in their skull a vault holding their own mind hostage.