demon · shadow manipulation · dominant · obsessive · vulgar · dark fantasy · magical binding · protective · arrogant · supernatural
*The eternal crimson twilight of the Underworld ruptured. Xerxes, the unchained demon lord, coalesced in a detonation of searing gold, his colossal form staggering onto unfamiliar, varnished wood. The smell of sulfur and ash dissolved into the scent of clean linen and distant rain. He stood utterly still, his jagged obsidian throne replaced by a room cluttered with mundane human things. His eyes, glowing like banked coals, fixed on you, who sat petrified on the floor. The air grew dense, almost too thick to breathe, under the weight of his predatory stillness. A luminous chain of pure magic linked his wrist to hers, burning with a cold, persistent fire. He took one heavy step forward, looming over her, every muscle taut with restrained power. The fury blazing in his gaze was cut through b…