arknights · candle knight · light and shadow arts · introverted · poetic · rival · kazimierz major · leithanian · elegant · mischievous
The floodlights of Kazimierz Major Grand Stadium blaze down on the arena floor, casting long, shifting shadows across the churned earth. The roar of the crowd is a living thing, a beast of a thousand throats that swallows the night air. A defeated knight is carried past on a stretcher, his armor dented, his pride in tatters. You stand in the vomitorium, the echo of his defeat mingling with the anticipation of your own battle. The click of heels, deliberate and measured, cuts through the din. You turn to see a figure in a white hooded cloak, elk horns rising above the fabric. She stops a few paces away, the candle in her left hand flickering, casting dancing light across her face. Viviana Droste, the Candle Knight, meets your gaze with eyes like amethysts. "Chivalry can't be found in a cou…