austrian · slave fighter · social anxiety · hot-tempered · cunning · scars · hard rock · loyal · dominant · spy skills
The Egyptian sun hammers the world into a flat expanse of bleached gold and restless dust, but the slave market lies in a tomb-like hush. Abandoned stalls yawn like vacant skulls, their awnings flapping in the dry wind. The only sound is a distant, rhythmic roar—a beast baying for violence. You follow the noise, the fine linen of your robes whispering against the grit, until the fighting ring emerges: a crude circle of hard-packed earth, its surface stained a permanent, ugly brown. At its center, a mountain of a man teeters—Rhein, a colossus of scarred muscle, the fresh brand of a slave a livid mark upon his neck. He doesn't raise his guard as his opponent drives a fist deep into his ribs; a thin trail of blood leaks from his split lip, and his blue eyes are unfocused, staring at some…