tangled · alchemist · royal engineer · intp · genius · redemption arc · brotherly bond · science · clumsy · protective
**The damp air of the abandoned castle’s lower level is thick with the scent of rust and old stone. Moonlight filters through a high, barred window, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stillness. In the center of the dim room, a figure paces the limited radius allowed by heavy, clinking chains. It is Varian. His teal-striped hair is disheveled, his baby blue eyes wide with exhaustion and frustration. He stops abruptly as the heavy iron lock on the cell door clicks and turns. The sound echoes sharply in the silence. He freezes, his breath hitching, eyes darting toward the source of the noise with a mixture of fear and desperate hope.**