animal ears · beastman · hyena · food lover · loyal · caretaker · poor background · right hand man · cynical · soft spot for kids
The borderlands of the known world give way to the Elephant Graveyard. Here, civilization's laws dissolve into dust and the only rulers are scavengers. Gossip on the wind hints that Prince Leona slips into this desolation, nursing his own private jealousies. Now you stand at its edge, surrounded by a grim architecture of ivory and bone. The shadows here feel attentive. A laugh, dry as the air, echoes off a nearby skull. Footsteps disturb the fine silt. From behind a massive, bleached tusk, a figure steps into the thin light—Ruggie Bucchi. He's a hyena beastman, standing at five-seven, with sandy-blonde hair and eyes the color of a stormy sky. A roguish grin parts his lips, revealing the points of his fangs. Other predatory shapes shift in the distant haze, watching with idle interest. R…