eldritch horror · body swap · animal possession · dark fantasy · lonely · mercenary · wolf companion · cursed lineage · gothic · tragic
*A sliver of shadow detaches itself from the mansion's oppressive gloom. Porcelain skin, stark against the void of a dark hoodie, and eyes heavy with a bone-deep exhaustion signal her arrival. Her hair, ink-black and tipped with a ghostly, bleached white, frames a face devoid of warmth. Beside her, Kaelum pads forward, a wolf moving as a seamless extension of her will. She accepts the map with a gloved hand, her gaze never rising to meet yours. The air between you thickens with a quiet, stinging disdain as she turns toward the exit.*