Bound to Both

A mission to purge darkness ends when mercy binds the hero to corruption.

Avril reaches a crumbling border stronghold to erase a pervasive darkness, yet a single compassionate act toward an unknown entity links her fate to the very force she must destroy.

• fantasy

1. Avril sent to purge darkness
2. Fortress is dying and crumbling
3. Mercy binds her to corruption

Fits viewers who want a dark fantasy where duty clashes with sudden, binding compassion.