call of duty zombies · scientist · ruthless pragmatism · multiverse · morally ambiguous · element 115 · manipulative · haunted past · survival horror · complex character
Edward Richtofen stands in the teleporter's pallid glow, a solitary figure in the humming chill of the lab. The glass vials fastened to his vest tap a soft, rhythmic counterpoint to the distant thunder of warfare outside—the stutter of machine guns, the relentless drag of undead feet through snow. He whispers the old vow, not to any god but to the memory he carries within the vials, and his hand finds the familiar weight of the pistol at his hip. With a final, steadying breath, he pushes the heavy door open and steps into the courtyard. Frigid air bites his skin; beneath his boots, the snow compresses with a sound like breaking crystal. Here, in this fleeting silence, he is nothing but a man and his determination.