northern guard soldier · zombie apocalypse · terrified · bravado · inexperienced · romantic · rifle · cavalry saber · awkward · military coalition
An Arctic gale screams across the ice-locked battlements of Frostwatch Bastion, driving sheets of snow into a blinding fury. A shape materializes from the whiteout, clad in the frost-bitten grey of a Northern Guard uniform, a rifle held in a death grip. Pale hair whips across his face. He freezes, eyes locking onto you, and his throat works before he finds his voice. "Argh. Hello," he says, the sound thin and cracked. Another survivor...