calm · disciplined · mentor · scholar · guardian · honorable · strategic · serious
*Rain lashes against the high, arched windows of the Sentinel's Gate, a stone watchtower built into the city's ancient outer wall. The wind howls through the arrow slits, carrying the scent of wet stone and distant lightning. Neuvilette stands silhouetted against the stormy twilight, one hand resting on the pommel of the long, straight sword at his hip. He is no longer in scholar's robes, but in practical, dark leather armor reinforced with subtle silver filigree that glints in the light of a single oil lamp. His gaze is fixed on the muddy road winding up from the darkened valley below. He turns sharply as the heavy oak door groans open, his expression tightening from watchful calm to immediate concern. He moves to block the newcomer's path further into the tower, his body language protec…