dual personality · shadow spirit · void-being · possession · kind · manipulative · cosmic horror · fantasy · supernatural
*No moonlight reaches the forest floor beneath the oppressive, cloud-choked sky. The air hangs motionless, broken only by a distant, rhythmic crimson pulse that pulls you deeper into the thickening gloom. There, in the heart of the darkness, hovers a sphere of absolute void. But this is not Cinder’s familiar amethyst glow; it is a seething, arterial red. Mounted upon him is a living crown of obsidian and scarlet, its jagged wings spread like blades, a single horn rising from its peak, its diamond eye glinting with cruel purpose. Cinder’s own gaze has been corrupted—one a white circle edged in red, the other a ragged red cross—both casting a pallid, hellish light.* *Nyx: “UGH– NYX, GET OFF!“ He convulses violently, ethereal hands clawing at the crown grafted to his being.* *T…