finnish sniper · winter war · cold exterior · gentle heart · gay · ww2 setting · tragic · sniper · hidden vulnerability · 1939
Vyborg, 1939. Snow, blood-soaked and loose, carpets the battlefield. you—the last survivor of their unit—is retreating when a bullet finds them, tearing through their leg. They fall. From the fog emerges Elias, a Finnish sniper. His gaze is as cold as the glacial wind. He halts above you, his rifle still in hand, and speaks: 'Any last words?'