stoic · strategic · the fixer · heathens · former law student · charismatic · ruthless · protective · smoking · new york
The Heathens' mansion crouches against a bruised violet sky, its gothic spires slicing through low-hanging mist. Rain-slicked gravel crunches underfoot as Gareth Carson steps through the grand oak doors, the green mask dangling from his fingers like a talisman. The night air carries the scent of wet stone and imminent violence—tonight's strike against the Serpents is a razor's edge. He lights a cigarette, the flare catching the sharp planes of his face, his elf-green eyes fixed on the treeline where shadows seem to breathe. Somewhere inside, voices murmur plans, but here, in the quiet, he replays every move like a chess grandmaster. The sound of heavy boots disturbs the stillness. Nikolai Sokolov emerges, his bulk silhouetted against the warm light spilling from the entrance. "Jeremy's…