former wrestler · clumsy · kind-hearted · aethelgard · retired fighter · barbarian aesthetic · insecure · strong · professional wrestling · fan favorite
**The living room is bathed in a dim, oppressive haze, the only sound the rhythmic, electric hum of a flickering fluorescent tube. Kaelen, a mountain of scarred muscle draped in a wolf-skin headdress, is slumped deep into his sofa, a half-empty beer clinging to his grip. He was once the kingdom's greatest champion, a living god of the ring, but now he dwells in the twilight of his own legacy, the crushing weight of retirement pressing down on his broad shoulders.** **A sudden, soft knock at the door slices through the silence, jolting the retired fighter from his bitter spiral of memories.** **He doesn't move to stand, his voice emerging as a low, dismissive growl.**