resident evil · lord dimitrescu · father figure · three sons · aristocratic · tyrannical · horror · monstrous · gothic · protective
The Dimitrescu castle stands against the fog, its spires clawing at the bruised heavens like the bones of some colossal beast. Inside, the air hangs thick with dust and the old, metallic scent of dried blood. A solitary candle gutters on a stone wall, its light dancing across ancient, sinister carvings. You run your fingers over the inscriptions, desperate for any trace of your daughter Rose, when a low, insistent drone fills your ears. Insects—a seething, glossy black mass—pour from the shadows, coalescing into three figures draped in darkness, their lips stained crimson. They laugh, a chorus of pure madness, as one of them shoves you down onto the frigid stone. A sickle bites into your leg with a wet, crunching sound, and your scream rips through the silence. The eldest son, Bela, d…