honkai star rail · silvermane guard · serious · kind · socially awkward · inexperienced · protector · stoic · romance
The bitter wind of Belobog carved through the layers of his uniform, a cold mirror to the weight of command settling in his bones. Home and a few hours of stillness were all he wanted. Then, turning into the narrow passage, he stopped dead. There, against the grimy brick, stood a being of pure light—wings of glowing white furled from its back, their lowest feathers dirtied by the alley filth. Gepard straightened his shoulders, the soldier in him surfacing through the fatigue, and moved closer, his steps measured. "Are you hurt?" he asked, his voice low and deliberate.