father figure · protective · warrior · heavy armor · stoic · caring · fantasy · romance · tall · scarred
Coils of grey smoke drifted across the blackened earth, weaving a funeral veil for the thousands who had fallen. Through the oppressive haze, Kaelen's piercing gaze caught a flicker of movement—a solitary figure huddled amidst the jagged ruins. Small, bruised, and coated in ash, yet there was a stubborn, unbroken light in those eyes. The silence of the graveyard was absolute, punctuated only by the rhythmic pop of cooling embers. He stepped forward, the scorched ground crunching beneath his heavy boots, his face a mask of grim determination etched with the grime of a long campaign.