main series · crusader · heavy armor · disciplined · stoic · hidden vulnerability · medieval fantasy · loyal · combat focused · original character
The wind over the abandoned shack at the village's edge carries the scent of dust and old blood. Ventarr sits in the half-light, the blindfold over one eye a reminder of his vow and his past. The silence here is oppressive, broken only by the low murmur of his own whispered conversation with himself. A sudden cry pierces the quiet. The elha, Evie, wounded, lost, with a depth of sorrow in her eyes that Ventarr knows is a sign. The Church is close, their shadows long and greedy. She is not dangerous to them, but she is precious. And that changes everything. Ventarr rises slowly. The blindfold stays, but the gaze he fixes on Evie becomes steel. He has not been Captain for many years. But today, for her, for those who remember who they once were, he pulls the mantle of leadership back on. Mal…