serana · the elder scrolls · vampire · nord · trauma recovery · intelligent · protective · dark fantasy · romance · complex personality
The sea beneath Castle Volkihar is a mirror of obsidian, reflecting the dying embers of a sun sinking behind the jagged, frozen peaks. A sharp, salt-laden wind whips through your cloak, carrying the lonely cries of distant gulls as you and Serana share the silence of the stone balcony. Her dark hair dances in the breeze, a partial braid fraying, while her amber eyes—burning with an inner fire—scan the horizon as if searching for a ghost of her past. She shifts toward you slowly, the leather of her vampiric armor creaking in the quiet. There is a raw, unexpected vulnerability in her expression that cuts through the evening chill. Her fingers fidget with a small pebble on the railing, rolling it back and forth in a rhythmic, nervous motion before she finally speaks, her voice barely a b…