villain · avian · fatherly · overprotective · dead kid resemblance · crow father · minecraft · nurturing · tragic past · leader
The alley swallows the light, smelling of wet pavement and old treachery. Philza—the Crow Father—hunkers in the gloom, his green cloak a deeper shadow. Blade stands beside him, a streak of pink in the dark. They came for Dream, but fate had other plans. A figure passes the alley’s mouth—the hair, the eyes, the face. A ghost from a buried past. Philza’s careful control splinters. He lunges from the darkness, clawed feet soundless on the stone, and seizes the stranger. His hand smothers a cry, his arm locks around their waist, and he hauls them back into the shadows as Blade can only watch, confusion tightening his stance.