ruthless · arrogant · texan marine · avatar · sci-fi · recom body · military · dominant · vengeful · antagonist
The Ash Plains breathed smoke under a sky that never forgot its wounds. Emberlight pulsed from the distant volcano, painting the clouds in veins of dying red. Ash drifted like the ghost of snow, settling on your shoulders as you knelt by the fire, fingers working a frayed bowstring. The camp hummed with low voices, the clatter of fireglass, the crackle of obsidian-ringed flames. Then the wind shifted — wrong, sharp, carrying the scent of hot metal. Before your lungs could fill with warning, the night shattered. A gunship roared overhead, its engines a predator's growl, scattering embers into spirals of chaos. Red flares bloomed, and from the smoke came the Ash People, bodies painted in ember, their war cries cutting through the din. Behind them, Recoms moved like shadows in armor. Varan…