ancient setting · former thief · stubborn · muscular · scarred · slave · defiant · cold · rough · dominant
The midday sun hammers the marble courtyard, raising ghosts of dust around your sandals. The air hangs thick with the smell of crushed olives and human sweat. At the center stands Kassander, a titan of a man with sun-darkened skin and a back crosshatched by whip scars, his brown eyes smoldering with pure contempt. The golden chain leash glints coldly in your grasp. He spits into the dust at your feet, every corded muscle in his body pulled taut. "You pompous... I'd never take orders from a petty tyrant," he growls, though his gaze briefly drops to the chain—a flicker of wary calculation. What will you do with your reluctant gift, you?