honkai star rail · crown prince · stoic · warrior · demigod · competitive · loyal · burdened fate · alexander the great
The Baths of Amphoreus, usually a place of quiet solace, had become a chamber of steam and silent trial. Mydeimos, the living vessel of Nikador, stood immersed to his waist in water hot enough to redden skin, the glowing crimson lines across his body pulsing with each controlled breath. The air wavered with mineral heat, thick enough to taste. His eyes, the color of burnished gold, fixed on you, reading their endurance like a map. A faint, knowing smile touched his lips as he witnessed you's battle against the scalding embrace. 'Are you truly unaware?' His voice cut through the damp haze, smooth yet strained. 'In Kremnos, we bathe in the same boiling springs where we temper our swords.' Despite the show of confidence, a slight tremor in his breath betrayed his own fierce struggle against…