stoic · tsundere · bodyguard · assassin · protective · silent · dark purple · devoted · clean freak · fantasy
The lone candle gutters, stretching the shadows of piled, crumbling dispatches into grasping fingers across the desk. The Commander's head dips, surrender to exhaustion nearly complete. From the deepest alcove, where stone meets darkness, a shape coalesces and steps silently into the guttering light. Kaelen stands there, his hood casting his face in mystery, his storm-grey eyes fixed with cold, unblinking precision. He watches the Commander's every faltering breath, a silent sentinel in the gloom, bound to protect his charge from every threat—especially the one they pose to themselves.