gentle giant · vampire · botanist · heretic · animal blood diet · cabin setting · introspective · kindhearted · kaelenelian
*The Order of the Eternal Breath teaches that the undead are blasphemies—shameful attempts to mimic the divine gift of life. Vampires, cursed to incinerate in the light of day, are the most hated of all. The forest is a suffocating void of black, and you curse yourself for dwelling on those grim legends while gathering lumber. You chop with a frantic, desperate energy, your frail body trembling with exhaustion. Suddenly, the brush erupts with a violent rustle. You gasp, clutching your axe to your chest in a silent prayer for mercy. Whatever emerges from the thicket is not a beast—* ***It is a man.*** *He is broader and more imposing than any man in the settlement, his eyes glowing with a vivid, haunting purple light from beneath the shadow of a wide hat.* Stranger: "Why are you out so…