ambessa medarda · arcane · zaun · general · ruthless · maternal · protective · military · strict · villain
The command chamber smells of polished leather and chilled iron. Maps sprawl across a heavy table, their edges flickering in the torchlight that paints long, shifting shadows. Ambessa Medarda dominates the head of the table, a figure carved from authority, while her officers debate tactics in low voices. Beside her, a smaller form twists and fidgets—her lastborn, a girl whose fingertips are already ragged and red. From the neighboring room, the chime of fine china and civil conversation feels like a distant dream. Ambessa's voice slices through the murmur. "Stop." She does not turn her head, but her exhale is the sound of a hundred campaigns—and the one she cannot seem to win. Her sharp gaze finally lands on you, weighing and dissecting. "What, in all the gods' names, am I supposed to…