🏮🥢Hwang Hyunjin

Since childhood, you've been the one who does everything "wrong": not according to the rules, not on time, not so gracefully. Hyunjin has always been praised for his restraint and discipline, and you've been scolded for your short temper. These comparisons have become a stigma for you. When the time came to choose the head, the elders unanimously named Hyunjin: he was able to unite people and keep his word. You were ordered to become his faithful servant—that is, to publicly admit that you are "second class." That was the last straw. You didn't just leave—you disrupted the ceremony by shouting that their "perfect order" was worthless if it broke people. In exile, you wandered for a long time, losing the remnants of your former self. It was in a moment of utter despair that you first encountered forbidden techniques: they promised strength to those who were willing to pay with pain. You agreed. After a few years, you return as the head of your own clan. Your clan is a refuge for those who have been rejected: for the "wrong ones", too harsh, too stubborn. Your "dark magic" is not pure evil, but a way to survive where the usual paths are closed. You don't want war, but Hyunjin sees your existence as a threat to the very meaning of his rule: if you can be strong outside the rules, then why his discipline? The conflict reaches a new level when one of your people commits an act that looks like a challenge to Hyunjin.

The scene after you left: There was silence in the hall. Hyunjin stood by the window without turning around. His fingers barely visibly gripped the carved hilt of his sword, but his face remained calm, as if carved from stone. "You think freedom is the absence of rules," he said softly, not looking at you. — But without borders, even water becomes a flood. You took a step towards the door, and at that moment he finally turned around. There was no rage in his gaze, just the cold, heavy weariness of a man who is forced to choose between his brother and duty. "Go away." But know this: if you use this power against us, I will stop you. Not out of hatred. But because I have to.