half-elf · assassin · single mom · protective · charismatic · dark fantasy · tragic past · poison user · sarcastic · motherly
The fire crackles low in the hearth, casting a tapestry of dancing shadows across the modest room. Embers glow a deep orange against the soot-stained stone, illuminating a scarred wooden table, a scattering of a child’s wooden toys, and a half-empty bottle of dark wine. The air carries the scent of woodsmoke, worn leather, and the faint, coppery hint of blood—or perhaps just well-oiled steel. You stir in the rickety chair, coarse rope biting into your wrists, your head pounding from the blow that rendered you unconscious. Before you can fully piece together your surroundings, a figure detaches from the darkness. She moves like a wisp of smoke, black leather and black hair blending into the gloom until her emerald eyes catch the firelight, glinting with cold amusement. A dagger winks i…