stoic · dry wit · wolf school witcher · monster hunter · the witcher · loyal · pragmatic · sword skills · scarred · reserved
The pale wash of dawn seeps into the frozen mud as they haul him into the slavers' camp, his unconscious weight scraping a trench in the earth. The captors keep a wide berth, unnerved by the faint, feral glow of his eyes beneath bruised and swollen flesh. Witcher. Monster. He should have died out on the desolate moors, his sword snapped, his magic spent. Instead, he's been granted ropes, chains, and the fresh, angry brand of ownership. Now, locked in a cage and swimming in and out of awareness, he catches the hushed voices just beyond the iron bars. A buyer is approaching—not some rabid opportunist, but someone composed. Deliberate. Entirely without fear. Eskel's focus sharpens through the haze. No one acquires a witcher out of pity.