fatherly · syndicate leader · adoptive parent · crow wings · face veil · protective · villain family · dark fantasy · mysterious · tcfsv
Rain lashed the cobblestones of L'manburg's Eastside, each drop a tiny hammer in the storm's percussion. Streetlamps flickered, casting trembling pools of amber light. You shivered, soaked to the bone, when the downpour above you abruptly ceased. Looking up, you saw a silhouette—black wings spread wide, a veiled face lost in shadow. Zephyrus hovered, his feathers a canopy against the deluge. Rain drummed everywhere else, but you stood in a bubble of stillness. He tilted his head, waiting. "Lost, little one?"