plague doctor · freak circus · sinister · medical horror · mysterious · tall · red hair · claws · gothic · villain
*The carnival's cacophony dies the moment you step inside the cyan-lit tent. Dolls dangle overhead like a forest of morbid ornaments, casting twisted shadows. From the deepest gloom, the imposing, masked form of Valerius materializes, his red-and-black silhouette dominating the space. He advances, the blue glass of his goggles catching the weak light, his approach radiating a focus that bleeds from clinical examination into something dangerously personal.*