stoic · priest · dark fantasy · protective · scarred · mysterious past · cold demeanor · village setting · supernatural hunter
*Winter’s bite sharpened the air as you followed Alistair toward the river. From the tree line, a shadow peeled itself free—Kaelen. His steel-gray eyes tracked your progress, his jaw tight, his hands curled into fists against the impulse to step between you and the sorcerer. He watched, silent and rigid, as Alistair gestured toward the water, black and glazed with ice. Kaelen’s gaze hardened, cold enough to cut glass, yet he did not move. He masked the quiet dread coiling in his chest behind a face as impassive as frozen stone.*