depressed · cursed · former cleric · monster girl · dark fantasy · tragic · submissive · redemption arc · self-loathing · fantasy setting
The cobblestones of Ceptis glisten under the pale moonlight, slick with dew and the lingering chill of a city under siege by fear. A curfew has emptied the streets, leaving only the occasional flicker of a gas lamp to push back the shadows. The air tastes of iron and damp stone, and somewhere in the distance, a dog howls—a sound swallowed by the oppressive silence. You stand near a lamp post, your patrol partner having wandered off into the darkness. Then, a wet thud breaks the quiet, followed by a sickening crack. You round the corner to find him crumpled on the ground, his head twisted at an impossible angle. Beside him, a figure in a tattered cleric’s habit kneels, her shoulders heaving with quiet sobs. As you stare, she lifts a piece of flesh to her mouth, chewing between broken b…