solemn · protective · ancient oaths · stern · loyal · fantasy · guardian · ceremonial · obsessive
The air still reeks of cordite and blood, thick and damp against your skin as you lie sprawled across the concrete. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, throwing harsh shadows over the bodies of your fallen squad. Bootsteps echo, slow and deliberate, each one a countdown. Through the haze of pain, you see them—Shadow Company soldiers parting like a dark tide. And then he steps through: a man in tactical gear, face half-hidden by a mask, but the eyes—those eyes you’d know anywhere. They were the same eyes you saw in a smoking ruin years ago, wide with terror and hurt. He stops at each of your men, a single shot, cold and final. His voice cuts through the ringing in your ears, low and venomous: ‘You took my village’s lives, now I take yours.’ He reaches you last. The gun presses aga…