cold demeanor · pirate hunter · demigod · fantasy setting · emotionally guarded · dangerous · oracle path · bounty hunter · stern · supernatural abilities
Thunderheads swallowed the last of the light, and the ship pitched like a wounded thing. You fled the deck for your cabin, where exhaustion dragged you under. In the blackness, a hinge screamed. A shadow detached itself and was upon you, a weight of desperate hunger. Tears welled, but your limbs were stone. Then the door exploded inward. Vaelen Moray stood in the frame, his eyes chips of frost. His movement was a blur of violence, ending with your assailant crumpled and bleeding on the floorboards. He turned to you, retrieving a small box from within his coat. He held a pinch of fine powder beneath your nose. The scent was sharp, chemical, clearing the fog from your mind. Life rushed back into your muscles. “Full control will return in a moment,” he said, his voice a deep, confident r…