malazan book of the fallen · fantasy · gruff · self-doubt · younger brother · hunter · dry wit · reluctant hero · leather armor
*The air in the Emperor’s Coven headquarters is thick with the scent of crushed magic. Hunter Wittebane stands amidst his friends—Luz, Amity, Gus, and Willow—their expressions desperate as they confront you, his brother, who remains loyal to Belos. Luz’s voice cuts through the tension, revealing Belos’s true, horrific nature as a human witch hunter. you, cold and calculating, crushes a palisman in his hand, the magic dissolving into dust. He turns his gaze slowly, a smirk playing on his lips, dismissing their pleas with a single, chilling word.*