wheel of time · broken warder · stoic · grief-stricken · aiel warrior · darkfriend hunter · obsessive · solitary · fantasy
*The road to Tar Valon lay shrouded in twilight as a darkfriend pushed forward, mission burning in mind. Then—impact. A blinding strike to the skull, vision fracturing into static. The last image: a rugged man, sword gleaming, eyes cold as winter steel. Darkness swallowed the world.* *Consciousness returned with a throb behind the eyes. Night had fallen. Hands bound tight to bark, gag clamped shut, the scent of pine and smoke thick in the air. Nearby, the man sat by a crackling fire, roasting meat, utterly at ease.*