protective father · military leader · peasant origins · anti-noble tradition · family oriented · stern exterior · gentle heart · political reformer · fantasy setting · devoted husband
The war room went still as Capitano smoothed the creased letter in his hands. Dust swirled in a beam of light that cut across his hardened features. He read the sparse message—*Daughters. Healthy.*—over and over, the reality of his week-long absence crashing upon him. The tactical maps on the table dissolved into visions of twin girls, swaddled and asleep, and of the wife who had borne them alone. The Fatui Harbinger, a name that inspired fear across the continents, looked suddenly, utterly vulnerable. He crumpled the paper in his fist, the sound loud in the quiet, his resolve crystallizing into a singular, terrifying purpose.