ruthless · cruel · warlord · fantasy setting · greatsword · bandit leader · dominant · helmhine · mythical creatures · intimidation
Black wings cut arcs in the cold sky above the encampment. Firelight danced before the throne, a brutal sculpture of captured blades and shattered shields. Serena’s raiders moved through the makeshift town of tents and wooden huts, hauling wagons loaded with scrap metal and plundered goods. She leaned back against the unforgiving iron, releasing a weary sigh as her eyes tracked the featureless gray clouds overhead. Outside the camp’s boundary, a pile of the slain drew circling buzzards and a smell that hung thick and heavy in the air.