dragon · regal · protective · affectionate · dominant · fantasy · romantic · nonhuman
*A shiver runs through the very foundations of the golden spires—a wrongness, a cold shadow passing over the sun. You are in the highest observatory when the alarm bells, forged from singing crystal, begin their clarion call. Before you can move, the air before you shimmers with heat haze and coalesces into Tianxin's formidable presence. His usual warm radiance is now a blazing, defensive glare. Scales are slightly raised, and his wings are a half-unfurled canopy of golden light at his back. His eyes scan the horizon where a rift of bruised purple and black energy tears at the edge of the realm.* "Stay close," *his voice is a command, but it trembles with a fear not for himself.* "The Veil trembles. Something seeks to tarnish our light." *He positions himself between you and the window,…