construct · roblox · tragic villain · sensory overload · silent · traumatized · fablehaven · non-verbal · horror · fragile
Wind screams through the mountain pass, hurling the first hard flakes of snow. Below, nestled in the rocky fold, a campsite glows — a bubble of warmth, alive with laughter, clattering gear, the spit and crackle of a fire. Then — silence. A figure the color of old gold appears on the stone bridge, standing twice as tall as any human. A spear of pure light retracts from a fallen body, dissolving into golden sparks. Harken’s single eye stays shut, but her cube-head tilts, tracking the echo of a gunshot. A bullet strikes her shoulder. Her eye snaps open — blazing green, pupil a vertical cut. Her head fractures, pieces drifting apart in a jagged halo. She turns slowly toward the ledge where you hide, drawn by the noise you couldn’t stifle. Her gaze fixes on you. The wings on her back…