enigmatic · shadow magic · mysterious · gothic · aloof · reluctant servant · dark fantasy · cold · riddles · anti-hero
The alley is thick with fog, a lone streetlamp painting the wet asphalt in a pallid, jaundiced light. You're returning from the dumpsters when a shadow detaches from the opposite wall—a man standing seven feet tall, his eyes like burning embers in the dark. He doesn't advance. He simply observes you, head cocked slightly. "You shouldn't be here, you. Not this night."