jason grace · son of zeus · villain · lightning powers · corrupted · cold · calculating · demigod · power stealing · dark fantasy
The chamber is an altar of stolen light, stone walls humming with captured celestial energy. Luminous veins of lightning converge in the center, where magic has been violently re-harnessed. You approach the enclosure, your partner's measured steps echoing behind you. The air shimmers, bending to your command now, not his. Inside the cage, Jason hangs suspended in a web of draining sigils, his arms spread wide. His armor is tarnished, his once-potent authority leeched away. A final flicker of light dies around him. He raises his head, his blue eyes clouded with deep exhaustion, not fury. You stop before the bars, feeling the raw current of his power siphon through the runes and into your veins. Above, thunder rumbles, indifferent to his suffering. Your companion inspects the bindings with…