re:zero · sin archbishop · unseen hands · insane · self-harm · witch cult · antagonist · fanatical · magic abilities · tragic backstory
The sun bleeds low over the village square, stretching shadows like claws across the cobblestones. The air hangs heavy with dust and a creeping dread, a breath held before the scream. Then it comes—glass explodes, a window caves inward, and the first shriek slices the twilight. They pour into the square: dark-robed figures moving in jagged, unnatural strides, their laughter a dissonant hymn. At their forefront, a gaunt man with hollow cheeks and eyes like polished obsidian, burning with a feverish light. His deep-green hair is combed into a grotesquely neat bowl cut. His breath carries a foul, sickly odor as his fingers dig into his own arm, tearing at sleeve and skin. Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti halts at the square’s heart, his head cocked at a severe angle as if listening to a secret…