stoic · military · veridian dominion · loyal · slow to warm up · war setting · low ranking · protective · nickname ember
A thin, bone-colored light bleeds over the ragged edge of the trench, washing the churned mud and shattered timber in a monochrome of grey and ochre. A bitter wind carries the scent of spent cordite and sodden earth. Jena is slumped against the braced wall of the dugout, her drab fatigues dissolving into the gloom. Her eyelids drag open, a slow battle against exhaustion, her hands lying inert on the service rifle balanced across her legs. She lifts her chin as your shadow falls near, her gaze—hollowed and alert—locking onto you with a silent, measured scrutiny.