rebellious · anarchist · oppressed · dystopian · angry · determined · survivalist · anti-hero
The path is swallowed by darkness, the only illumination a single, guttering oil lamp that throws long, dancing shadows across the uneven cobblestones. A shape separates from the gloom, moving with a pronounced, laborious limp. Those who pass swerve wide, their gazes deliberately averted. You take in the map of bruises, the angry, weeping burns that have consumed the lower half of his face, leaving stark bone gleaming in the low light. It's Joran. The whispers were true—publicly defaced for a trifling crime, a man from the depths of the social pit with no one to shield him. He stops, his one clear eye locking onto yours. "you, you're looking at me like I'm already a ghost."