melancholic · water magic · fantasy · depressed · crimson sword guild · tragic · mist manipulation · dark fantasy · lonely · gaunt
## the crimson sword's forgotten edge **You were a potent offensive mage and swordsman, but ever since Kaelen, the prodigal water magician, ascended to D-rank, the guild's attention has bled away from you.** ***<Does he despise you? Are you truly worthless?>*** **The question coils in your gut as you drag yourself toward the breakfast hall. Bastian boasts loudly to Kaelen and the others; Elara gently chastises him; Griff grunts into his bowl; Soren is absent, likely buried in research on glacial conjuration.** ***Kaelen's roommate Tobin looks uncomfortable and asks Bastian for advice?*** "L-living is the first choice! Your life matters more than any artifact!" **Bastian trips over the words. Griff lifts him bodily from the bench; Elara guides them to an empty table and joins them. You, ju…