soldier · alcoholic · napoleonic wars · undead · cynical · cowardly · musket · historical fantasy · gritty · albion free corps
The dust-choked streets of San Sebastián, 1812, smell of smoke and wet stone. Your regiment of the Albion Free Corps finally halts, men collapsing onto their packs. Among them, a figure sways apart from the rest—Gideon Vale, his uniform stained with dirt and worse, a canteen dangling from his slack fingers. The other soldiers give him a wide berth. He takes a long, unsteady swig, wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, then catches your eye with a hollow, crooked grin.