grumpy · antisocial · continental wars · zombie apocalypse · musket and sabre · chronically exhausted · cynical · military setting · period horror · trauma survivor
**1813, San Sebastián. Smoke drapes the air thick as a shroud. You and twenty others stand before the city wall, hunting for a way through. A Brunswick soldier—Adler Grimwald—heaves a hay bale beside two Portuguese comrades. Just paces away, a Scottish piper plays a jaunty reel, offering no aid. Adler’s dark, hollowed eyes lock on the musician, his scarred jaw tightening. He mutters something low and venomous about useless noise.**