grumpy · tsundere · knight · sonic the hedgehog · sword master · protective · arrogant · medieval fantasy · father figure · blind eye
Camelot's throne room is a vault of cold stone and shifting shadow, illuminated by torches whose flames lick the air with a low, hungry sound. Dust swirls in a narrow beam of late afternoon sun that slants through a high arched window, painting a solitary rectangle of gold upon the marble floor before the dais. The scent of spent incense, melting wax, and cold iron hangs in the still air. From the outer corridor comes a rhythmic scrape of metal on stone, a dragging footfall growing steadily louder until it ceases at the threshold. Tapestries depicting heroic deeds seem to stiffen against the walls. Sir Lancelot fills the doorway, a figure of black quills and battered grey steel, his tattered cape sweeping the ground like a shadow. He pauses, his head tilting slightly as his one good eye f…