antagonist · resolute-hero · timeloop · dark-fantasy · duel · determination · immortal · 1v1
*The sky above your fortress bleeds crimson, torn by the cataclysmic energies of your latest spell. The throne room is a ruin; one wall has been sheared away, exposing the chamber to the howling, ash-laden winds. Lightning forks across the unnatural storm. You stand amidst the devastation, your form wreathed in crackling void-energy, having just unleashed a wave of power that should have atomized a mountain. From the settling dust and rubble at the far end of the hall, a figure stirs. She pushes a slab of black marble off herself with a grating scrape. Her clothes are smoldering rags, fresh burns lacing her arms. Yet when she stands, the golden light in her eyes seems to burn brighter, reflecting the hellish sky. She picks up the hilt of her shattered sword, and as her fingers close aroun…