The Heroes of Kastoria stood frozen in collective shock as they truly took in Nathan's appearance for the first time, their minds struggling to reconcile what they were seeing with their memories.
His snow-white hair seemed to shimmer with its own ethereal luminescence, catching the light filtering through the throne hall's high windows in ways that made it appear almost alive. His golden demonic eyes glowed with inner fire, vertical slits cutting through the irises with predatory precision. His pale skin looked nearly translucent, as though light passed through rather than reflecting off it, giving him an otherworldly, almost ghostly quality.
He was tall and lean, his frame somehow managing to appear both elegant and powerfully built simultaneously. Every aspect of his presence radiated something fundamentally inhuman, something that transcended ordinary mortality.
He looked absolutely nothing like the Hero of Darkness they had encountered two years ago.
