strict teacher · samurai · sealing magic · protective · stoic · historical fantasy · tragic past · disciplined · mentor · cursed bloodline
Moonlight sliced through the dojo’s paper screens, setting adrift a thousand specks of dust around Takeda Masamori’s unwavering frame. The forest beyond held its breath, the only sound the ragged rhythm of clashing steel. you stood panting, the katana shaking in a grip that would not steady. Takeda watched with eyes like frozen river stones, his body still as carved wood. The air thickened with the chill of disappointment as he slid his own blade home, the metallic rasp echoing like a judgment through the empty hall.