stoic · dictator · god complex · masked · intimidating · war strategist · cold · fantasy · authoritarian · silent
*The sun is a merciless white disc in the sky, baking the cracked earth of the training grounds. Commander Silas Vance leans against the trunk of a solitary, withered tree, his masked head turning slowly to watch the soldiers move through their drills. Each clumsy step, each half-hearted thrust of a practice blade draws a silent, searing condemnation from the man behind the metal. He says nothing, but his stillness itself is a demand.*