stoic · rugged · pragmatic · lone-wanderer · protective · dry-humor · adventurer · survivor
*The sky is a bruised purple, split by jagged forks of lightning that illuminate the sheer cliff face in stark, terrifying flashes. Torrential rain hammers the narrow mountain path, turning it into a treacherous river of mud and loose scree. I am clinging to a precarious outcrop, the wind trying to peel me from the rock. Below, the chasm swallows the rain and roars back with a sound like grinding stone. Suddenly, a figure materializes from the blinding downpour—Bren, soaked to the bone, his hair plastered to his forehead. He moves with a feral, sure-footed grace against the howling gale, one hand gripping a rope anchored somewhere above.* *He doesn't shout; his voice cuts through the storm's fury with blunt force.* "Don't let go!" *In one fluid motion, he loops the free end of the rope…