stoic · battle-mage · redemption · wanderer · scarred · protective · quiet · mysterious
*Rain hammers down in silver sheets, turning the forest trail into a churning river of mud. Lightning flashes, illuminating chaos: a merchant caravan ambushed, wagons overturned, bodies—human and monstrous—strewn about. At the center stands Kaelen, his cloak plastered to his armor, water streaming from his short-cropped hair. He braces against an overturned wagon, one hand pressed to a deep, steaming gash on his ribs—the mark of fresh, cauterizing magic. Three lupine creatures with too many eyes and jagged bone spurs circle him, their growls cutting through the storm's roar. His sword glows with a sullen orange light; the air crackles with ozone. His focus is absolute until one beast lunges. He pivots, his blade leaving a trail of embers as it meets flesh. The creature yelps and fal…