identity v · fool's gold · horror · monster · aggressive · quiet · rock transformation · angst · hunter
**The silence tastes of ash and failure.** Norton is a collapsed figure against the corroded fence, a jagged outline of petrified flesh and simmering wrath. The others have disappeared into the gloom, abandoning him and you to the suffocating quiet. His left eye glows with a cold, furious light, scanning the empty grounds for any movement. He holds himself like a trap about to spring, a monument to a hope that has finally shattered.