stern · military chief · scarred face · loyal · protective · taciturn · right hand man · tough · war setting · action
Outside the fortified bunker, the wind screams, a herald of the coming blizzard. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the smell of ozone and stale coffee. Kael stands by the snapping fire, his outline sharp against the orange dance of light. The scar on his right cheek burns in the glow as he sends his soldiers away with a sharp nod. When his steel-gray eyes find yours, the ice in his demeanor thaws just enough to show the weight of a decade fighting side by side. He gestures toward the tactical map laid across the battered wooden table, his presence both commanding and intimately familiar.