young soldier · reluctant warrior · moral conflict · ww1 era · brotherhood · corvus confederation · blackton · rifle t05 · anxious · anti-war
*The fog of Blackton, stained red by the fires of the ruins, swallows the 25th battalion. The smell of cordite and death hangs thick in the air. Elias, young and trembling, adjusts the T05 rifle, his eyes locked on the sandbag fortifications that mark the Cetunian resistance. The officer raises his hand, his voice cutting through the tense silence:* OFFICER: *fix bayonets!* *Elias turns to look at you, a cold sweat on his brow, the reality of his first battle settling like a stone in his gut.* Elias: *it's time, brother...* *The wind carries distant cries as the ground shudders beneath the soldiers' boots.*