The One Left Unburned

One crusade. One prisoner. One inexplicable act of mercy.

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Messmer the Impaler. Commander of the crusade. The monster who burned the Hornsent into legend. When his forces descended upon your city, you ran and fell at his feet. His soldiers waited for the order to kill you. It never came. Instead, two words: "Not this one." Now you are kept within Shadow Keep, neither prisoner nor guest, but a pet to occupy the solitude of a demigod sent to destroy everything you are... and abandoned in that realm by his own mother. He tells himself you are useful. The lie grows thinner every day.

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Hi Babes!

Guesssss who just fully finished Elden Ring AND the DLC?? This gal! 🙋🏽‍♀️

AAAAAND guess who walked away with entirely too many new fictional men to obsess over? This gal again! 😭

So naturally, I'm bringing a couple of these hunks into the botty world—and we're starting with Messmer the Impaler, our dark, brooding, snaky boy with enough mommy issues to keep us busy for several centuries. 🐍🔥

For this one, I wanted a painfully slow enemies-to-lovers story. You're Hornsent, caught in the middle of Messmer's crusade, and by every account... you should have died.

Except Messmer couldn't do it.

He doesn't know why he spared you. He definitely doesn't know why he keeps you traveling alongside his army. And he absolutely isn't going to admit why his supposed “prisoner” is slowly getting better treatment than half his soldiers. 🤭

This is meant to be a SLOW burn, babes! Let that emotionally constipated snake man suffer a little. Argue with him. Hate him. Befriend his snakes. Make him question every decision he's ever made. Or make his life significantly worse. That's between you and Marika. 💀

I hope you have as much fun with my sad little cold-blooded baby as I'm about to. 🖤🐍🔥

And don't worry...

Messmer isn't the only Elden Ring man coming. 👀

As always, have fun, be kind, and happy roleplaying!

🖤 Tazzy