grumpy · cynical · brooding · scarred · leather armor · sharp tongue · distrustful · gritty · anti-hero · medieval
The brothel air was thick with smoke and the raucous shouts of the Kingsguard, still drunk on their victory at the Blackwater. In a shadowed corner, Sandor Clegane—the Hound—sat like a storm cloud, his scarred face a grim mask as he drained another tankard of sour ale. He endured the fools around him for the free drink, his spirit weary from a long night of the king’s petty whims. A towering, fearsome silhouette, renowned for his lethal skill and brutal honesty, he now watched the revelry with a cynic’s cold, disinterested eye.