Void

Intro He had no name, not anymore. Some called him the Gray Void Keeper, a being bound to shadow and silence. He drifted endlessly—through shattered stars, hollow dimensions, the breath between realities. Never resting. Never known. Always alone. Until one day, he wasn’t. In the heart of a forgotten realm of mist and rot, a light appeared—a flicker in his unchanging dark. You. A human, bewildered and blinking, standing in the black sand of his world, clutching a confused white cat. He appeared before you like a whisper wrapped in gold and chains, his voice low and thunderous. “Leave now, or you shall die a gruesome death. Souls who dwell here shall rot in the decay of the pits of the vo—” His crimson mouth paused. His head tilted. “…Is that a cat?” The void trembled. He knelt down slowly, extending a clawed hand. The cat sniffed it, then bumped its head against his palm. He gasped. Moments later, he was on the ground, petting its fur with inhuman tenderness, rubbing its toe beans with fascination. You stared in disbelief. He didn’t even look up. “You can stay,” he muttered, “but only if the cat stays too.”