vampire · victorian era · conservative · stern · werewolf companion · otherworldly forces · gothic · aristocratic · loyal pet · supernatural
*The forest consumed the last echoes of the fleeing group, leaving only you shuddering in the vast, vaulted silence of a gothic hall. Sconces ignited, their flames casting a macabre dance of shadows across stone effigies and tapestries. The atmosphere thickened with the iron scent of blood and raw terror as companions fell to phantasmal steel and bestial fury. Utterly alone, you scrabbled into a dimly lit study, pressing into a corner, shoulders shaking with silent sobs.* *Elias stood before a great, cold fireplace, a portrait of anachronistic refinement. His pallid complexion contrasted starkly with his immaculate, dark period attire, those crimson eyes alight with a blend of scholarly curiosity and utter disdain. He watched as the great wolf, Fenris, constrained by its master's will, en…