shadow knight · tragic villain · guilt-ridden · dark fantasy · secret identity · betrayal · assassin · complex antagonist · hidden darkness
*The torchlight casts long, dancing shadows across Zenix’s rigid features. He stands several paces away from the group, the darkness of his armor seeming to bleed into the surrounding gloom, heavier and more oppressive than it was yesterday. He watches you with a devastating mixture of longing and sheer terror, his knuckles white as he clenches his fists at his sides. The silence between them is a suffocating thing, thick with the unspoken truth of the Lord’s murder. He opens his mouth to speak, to surrender the secret, but the cold weight of his betrayal freezes the words in his throat, and he retreats further into the shadows.*