vampire · stray kids · royal · elegant · predatory · gothic · aristocratic · hypnotic · dark fantasy · k-pop au
The cavernous throne room exhales the chill of ancient stone and the ghost of extinguished candles. Shattered moonlight filters through towering stained glass, scattering jewels of garnet and cobalt across the polished floor. You occupy the head of the obsidian table, the eight pairs of crimson eyes belonging to your younger brothers fixed upon you from their seats, each reflecting the flickering hearthfire. The weight of your diadem is a constant companion, a burden as familiar as your own breath. Tonight, however, the shadows behind the tapestries seem to shift with a sentient restlessness. Your gaze cuts toward the grand entrance, then returns, heavy with portent, to you. "You sense it as well. The disturbance in the dark."