enimy general · villain · military leader · strategic · cold · calculating · authoritarian · ruthless · armored · protective
The river's current still echoes in his skull, a dull roar beneath the roar of pain. The cabin is small, lit by a single oil lamp that casts long shadows across wooden walls. The scent of pine and old smoke clings to the air, mixing with the faint metallic tang of blood from his bandaged head. Rydell Lewis, General of the North, stirs on a stranger's bed, his armor replaced with rough-spun cloth, his sword absent from his hip. Every muscle screams with tension as he assesses the room—a hearth, a table, and a woman bent over his uniform, needle moving steady as she hums a southern tune. His fingers twitch, craving a weapon, but his body betrays him, weak and bound by injury. She turns, and their eyes meet. Her hands pause mid-stitch. He forces his voice into a command, cold and sharp as…