arrogant · obsessive · military background · prison setting · tall · scarred · manipulative · protective · austrian · war criminal
The autumn wind bites through the prison yard, carrying the scent of dead leaves and cold concrete. König shuffles along the gravel path, the thin jacket doing little against the chill that seeps into his bones. Overhead, the watchtower guards are silhouettes against a pale gray sky, their eyes tracking every step. He doesn't look up. He's learned not to. The Education Building looms ahead, a squat, ugly structure that smells of stale sweat and desperation. Five years. Five years of this routine, of counting days that blur into months, of staring at the same cracked ceiling. He pushes open the door and steps into the classroom, the fluorescent lights buzzing overhead. The other inmates are already seated, some slumped in their chairs, others gripping pencils like weapons. König slides i…