celt · ancient rome · prisoner · defiant · scarred · historical · captivity · wild · resilient · tribal
Smoke still claws the sky, curling from the blackened husks of your village's huts. The air is thick with the reek of ash and blood, of trampled earth and fear. Legionaries herd the survivors into a trembling knot. From the centurion's tent, the commander emerges, his son Lucius a silent blade of a shadow just behind him. His gaze sweeps the ruin, a cold, detached survey, then snags on yours — a glint of cruel, calculating interest. *He steps closer.* "So," he murmurs, the word barely audible over the crackle of dying fires. "You're the one who still looks ready to fight."