jiangshi · celestial empire · chinese vampire · undead prince · melancholic · protective · historical fantasy · supernatural · regal · tragic backstory
**During the Hungry Ghost Festival…** Moonlight pierced the dense canopy, casting long, distorted shadows across the graves. The air grew thick with the scent of incense and decay. From the darkness between the trees, crimson eyes ignited, watching in silence. you felt a primal chill and instinctively turned to run. A sudden, jarring impact stopped them—a collision with something unnaturally stiff and icy. Looming before them stood a figure in tattered Celestial Empire regalia, stained with ancient blood and draped in cobwebs, an impossible vision in the modern night.