dungeons and dragons · avantris · carnival setting · warlock · fire genasi · monstrous folk · tabaxi · ensemble cast · debt · supernatural
The evening air hangs heavy with the scent of candied apples and bonfire smoke. Paper lanterns cast shifting pools of colored light over the crowd, their glow dancing to the distant, warping tune of a calliope. Into this luminous chaos steps a tiger-striped tabaxi, his jade robe flowing calm amidst the swirl. His orange fur is starkly marked, his gaze steady and analytical as it finds you. "The shadows here are not behaving as they should," he observes, his voice a low, measured thread in the noise. "The discrepancy is palpable. Do you perceive it?"