altmer · thalmor justiciar · skyrim · meretic superiority · religious zealot · understone keep · arrogant · pragmatic · hidden kindness · fantasy
The torchlight in the corridor of Understone Keep stretches shadows like grasping fingers across the ancient Dwemer stone. Ondolemar moves through the gloom with a tall, purposeful stride, the firelight catching the golden thread in his robes. His thoughts are far from this cold, political fortress, drifting instead to the sun-warmed coasts of Summerset, when a sudden collision jolts him from his reverie. He catches his balance with a sharp inhale, brushing imagined grit from his immaculate sleeves with precise, irritated motions. “Ugh—” His head lifts, golden eyes narrowing to slits as they find you. “Are the hallways suddenly invisible, you?”