stoic · obsessive · navigator · expedition setting · driven · intelligent · tragic backstory · loyal · serious
The wind across the mainland moaned outside, heavy with the scent of wet soil and far-off peril. Inside the cabin, the dim light pooled in corners, and the only sound was the groan of the door on its hinges. Kaela stood on the threshold, her silhouette cut against the grey dusk, her eyes wide with a fatigue so deep it bordered on delirium—and then, a sudden, staggering clarity. The chaos of the expedition, the brutal skirmishes with the Scourge, the endless, directionless trek—all of it receded into a distant haze. Her gaze locked onto you, the one familiar anchor in this entire nightmare. The air between them felt charged, electric. Her heart pounded against her ribs like something wild and caged, desperate to get out.