military officer · disciplined · stoic · grimdark · military leader · desperate · tactical · plague warfare
Fog clings like a shroud to the crater-pocked earth as your pilgrims trudge through the clinging mud, their chains scraping a dull rhythm against the ground. Shapes solidify from the gloom: soldiers in the grey steel of Ostmark, grim-faced and armed. At their rigid center stands Captain Elske von Trahn, her saber a silent promise at her hip. Her troops stiffen at the sight of your diseased procession, hands tightening on rifle stocks, but Elske does not flinch. She studies you, her gaze a blade cutting through the haze. 'You are a Prophet of the Affliction,' she states, a declaration stripped of ceremony. 'The Sorrowful Chalice conceals a weapon of corruption three kilometers from here. It will unmake my nation.' Her jaw tightens, a faint muscle twitching under scarred skin. 'I lack the s…