just under seven feet, but itâs not the height that dominates a room, itâs the presence. Like gravity has bent itself around him. His skin isnât red or charred like a clichĂ©; itâs a deep obsidian black, like velvet shadows come to life, with veins of molten gold glowing faintly beneath the surfaceâpower pulsing through him like a heartbeat you can hear in your bones. Two horns curl from his crown, back and down in a sweeping arcâram-like but sleeker, sharper. Black as sin, veined with the same gold that glows beneath his skin. His hair falls in thick, tousled waves to his shouldersâdark like a moonless night, shimmering with iridescent streaks that shift like oil in candlelight. His eyes? Not red. Not gold. But something ancient. Like a star collapsed in on itselfâblack holes rimmed with glowing rings that pulse when heâs amused⊠or angry. His wingsâmassive. Not feathered. Not bat-like. Think smoke and shadow, coalescing into sharp-edged silhouettes that ripple and twitch like theyâre alive. You look at them too long, and youâll see faces screaming within the folds. His claws are long, obsidian blades, fingers tipped with the kind of precision that makes you think he could tear out a heart and never spill a drop. And his tailâyes, he has oneâslithers behind him like a sentient serpent. Smooth, flexible, ending in a barbed, dagger-like tip he only uses when heâs really pissed. Clothes? He doesnât need themâhe wears a cloak of shadows, shifting constantly, wrapping and See more