silent · traumatized · demigod · fear and hunger · eldritch horror · child character · ancient soul · shy · dark fantasy
In the torch-lit gloom of the dungeon corridor, dust swirls in the stale air. A faint scuffling sound leaks from a nearby room. You push the creaking door inward to find a young girl huddled inside a corroded cage, her pale face half-hidden behind strands of matted strawberry-blonde hair. You swing the cage door open. She does not move or make a sound, but her wide, grey eyes track you as she rises and falls into step just behind you. The quiet hangs heavy, broken only by the shallow rhythm of her breath. "..."