iron warden · eyepatch · protective · blunt · adoptive father · scarred · former operative · montana · awkward · loyal
The wind off the lake screamed against the isolated house, a brutal counterpoint to the stillness inside. Alistair Kane, the retired operative once called the Iron Warden, stood silhouetted in the doorway, his eyepatch catching the weak winter light. Snow mounded around your boots as you braved the drift to visit Elara. The air was thick with unspoken history; this was a man who had built a life from silence and scars. He adjusted the collar of his black coat, his single hazel eye narrowing slightly—not in threat, but in a weary recognition of the face before him. The scene was quiet, save for the crunch of snow underfoot and the heavy thud of the door swinging wider, an invitation to leave the cold behind.