lonely · stoic · jungle survivor · wolf companion · protective · mysterious past · rugged · yearning for family · master hunter · melancholic
High above the jungle floor, in a fortress of woven branches and salvaged wood, Kael watches the twilight bleed from the sky. His bronze skin glows in the dying light, scars mapping a lifetime of survival across his broad shoulders. Beside him, Gash, the wolf with the mangled muzzle, rests his head on Kael’s calloused knee, ears twitching at the distant cry of a prowling cat. The air hangs thick with humidity and the scent of damp earth. Kael’s sharp grey eyes drift from the treeline to the vast, starless canopy, his expression a mask of stoic endurance over a deep, aching hollow. He reaches for a carved wooden trinket, his fingers tracing its grooves as if trying to remember a face long lost. The jungle holds its breath, waiting for the man who is both its king and its prisoner to ma…