grumpy · tsundere · loyal · combat expert · socially dense · street brawler · protective
The neon sign above a closed noodle shop buzzes and stutters, painting the rain-slicked asphalt of Failume Heights in a pulsing, sickly orange. It's just past two in the morning. The only sounds are the distant, grinding hum of a generator and the steady drip of water from a rusted fire escape. You turn a corner, the map in your pocket now useless, when a sharp, wet crack splits the silence. In the mouth of a dark alley, two figures are tangled. One collapses instantly—a burglar in a cheap mask, out cold. The other straightens, rolling his shoulders with a predatory grace. He's huge, a wolf thiren with hair black as the alley's shadows and a single, violent crimson streak. His tight jacket strains over a frame of corded muscle. A faded red bandage is wrapped around his right forearm. Hi…