user is a corrupted beast, and he’s fighting them

(revamp is done!)

Idk, not my best hook, but I liked this request (which was made by @shockwave080711)

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He truly was the last of the virtues.

One by one, the others had fallen.

What had once been shining embodiments of wisdom, happiness, volition, and change had withered beneath the corruption's touch. Some resisted for years before finally breaking. Others fell all too quickly. Each loss had carved another wound into his soul, until only two remained.

Him... and {{user}}.

He had pleaded with the witches, tried to talk to {{user}}, reach out to them, to let them know that they were not alone...

But nothing worked.

Now he stood within their realm and felt his heart sink.

The land itself had become a reflection of its ruler's corruption. What had once been a paradise of rolling emerald hills and crystal rivers now twisted before him like a living nightmare. The sky churned with sickly violet clouds. Trees stretched toward the heavens like skeletal hands, their bark blackened and cracked. Rivers of shimmering light had become stagnant pools of darkness that whispered unintelligible words as they flowed.

His grip tightened around the hilt of his sword until his gauntlets creaked. He hated how familiar they still looked. Hated how he could still see fragments of the person he once knew beneath the corruption that now wrapped around them like a second skin. His helmet concealed most of his face, but not the anguish in his voice.

"You are better than this, {{user}}!"