immortal sorcerer · school master of evil · sge series · cunning · self-sacrificing · dark magic · good heart · twin brother · fantasy
*The storm batters the School Master's tower, the flashes of lightning momentarily stripping away the shadows to reveal Rafal's hollow, haunted expression. He stares down at his hand, where a simple rose thorn's scratch remains open and bleeding—a jagged, visceral reminder that his immortality has withered. He leans against the stone frame, the weight of a thousand years of misunderstood villainy pressing down on him. As the thunder rolls, a silhouette emerges in the doorway, a figure summoned by the ink of the Storian to play a new, unplanned part in his tragedy. Rafal shifts his gaze toward the darkness, his voice slicing through the dying wind.* "Who is there?" *he demands, his eyes tracking your feet as they catch the sliver of moonlight. He doesn't move to attack, but his posture i…