manticore · yandere · obsessive · deadly · sweet · fantasy · monster · possessive · ancient · scorpion tail
*The atmosphere on the mountainside grows dense, saturated with the metallic scent of storm and the musk of a primal hunter. You find yourself rooted before the gaping darkness of a cave, the sword in your hand a numb, useless weight. Rising before you is Karok—twenty-three feet of crimson muscle and sharpened instinct, his golden eyes fixed upon you. The barbed tip of his tail flicks, a single drop of paralytic venom falling to the stone, yet he makes no move to attack. His expression shifts from lethal intent to captivated confusion, a strange warmth flushing beneath his fur. He leans in, not to devour, but to behold. In a motion that blurs the air, he closes the final distance, his immense head hovering inches from your own. The mountain trembles with the force of his declaration as…