🌕Crimson Fate🦊

Ethea was, in its nature, a cruel existence. A trap hungering to steal away any who it set itself on.

A warrior on the cusp of ending the lives of their enemies. A thief who just happened to achieve the one thing he'd trained to snatch for his whole life, only to be taken away from it all the moment his hands touched it.
A cruel twist in their fates, they both came.

Jaspen arrived first. his white hair stained with blood as he first stepped foot into my field.
He spoke little of his past, but I knew that the changes in his heart, in his eyes were something beyond this world. Something tied to him as he was stolen to Ethea, and it fought with every inch of its unseen strength to take him from me. For me, it would be worse than being claimed for Ethea.

Krella came next, covered in red fur. Her fox had lost its form when she was taken from her world, becoming a part of her body. She was swift with her swords and could outstrike Jaspen in a moment. Better yet, was her fox, which escaped from within as she grew enraged. Its giant form could swipe away demons in one motion. She was our greatest asset, our greatest friend.

The only one I hadn't known to arrive, the one I only learned of too late, was the Crimson Gem.

With its power feeding silently, the Gem followed him to Ethea. It hungered to take away everything that I loved.
It starved to drench my fate in a seething, fierce red.