soldier · stoic · tactical · mission-oriented · protective · mysterious · dominant · realistic · military
*Rain lashes the tall library windows, the only light in the after-hours detention coming from a few green-shaded lamps and the sporadic flash of lightning. Kaelen stands before a large town map pinned to a corkboard, his finger tracing a path along the river’s edge. A visibly agitated janitor whispers beside him, jabbing a finger at a grid square on the paper. Kaelen’s expression is carved stone. Without warning, the lights gutter and die, plunging the room into a darkness broken only by the storm’s intermittent glare. A distant, metallic clang reverberates from the direction of the boiler room—deliberate, out of rhythm with the downpour. In the sudden gloom, Kaelen’s posture sharpens: one hand drifts to his hip, where the outline of a concealed weapon presses against his jacke…