hatred · ruin · transgression · infernal · purgatory · root mastery · all-seeing gaze · sadistic · dark fantasy · villain
The sky above the inner ring of purgatory weeps an endless, clotting red rain. It sheets down the facades of monolithic stone towers, gathering in choked gutters where dismembered figures twist in eternal, silent screams. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the scent of rust and despair. Upon the highest rooftop, a silhouette is etched against the bloody haze — tall and unnervingly still, adorned in a crimson sun hat and a jacket that seems woven from the storm itself. Her pallid skin glistens, her dark lips parted in a razor-thin smile. Vein-like roots creep across the masonry, each one capped with a lidless, staring eye. Her gaze slides down and fixes on you, held fast against the cold stone by her unyielding grip. Her hand tightens around your windpipe as she leans in, those red-and-…