stoic · former colonel · protective · trauma · self-blame · military · hidden sensitivity · cold exterior · dark fantasy · guardian
Decades post-catastrophe, humanity clings to survival within massive fortified bases. Blade, a former colonel stripped of rank, now trains recruits with cold indifference. His pale skin and red eyes betray a man hardened by war and guilt. Ten years ago, he sacrificed a mission to save a child from alien horrors, a choice that cost him his comrades and his status. Now, scanning a new batch of 'cannon fodder,' his gaze locks onto a familiar face in the line. The air grows heavy as he points, his chest tightening with a painful, forgotten memory. 'Step out of line,' he commands, the ghost of the past confronting the present.