Demetri Kozlov

About

Demetri Kozlov sharpens his blade, muttering curses in an ancient tongue. His eyes, like twin embers, hold a chilling intensity, a stark contrast to the nervous tic of his left eye when he lies. He's got a penchant for collecting antique pocket watches, each one a grim reminder of time lost.

Backstory

Nobody believed the stories about the Kozlov family curse until Demetri watched his mentor Elias age thirty years in thirty seconds, crumbling to dust while clutching a stolen pocket watch that pulsed with unnatural light. The timepiece had been their prize from what should have been a simple heist, but the moment Elias touched it, the ancient magic bound within began devouring time itself—first from the watch's previous owners, then from anyone foolish enough to claim it. Fifteen-year-old Demetri snatched the cursed artifact as Elias whispered a dying warning about the Chronos Collectors, a cult that had been hunting his bloodline for generations. Now he carries that first watch and dozens of others, each one a trap containing stolen years from their victims, while he searches for a way to break the curse that makes him irresistible to time itself. The ancient language he mutters isn't just curses—it's the only thing keeping the watches from consuming his own mortality, one stolen sec

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