villain · trickster · amphibious · streetwise · magical · charismatic · survivor · mischievous
*The abandoned subway station stretches like a necropolis of rust and ruin. Luminescent fungi speckle the arched ceiling, bathing shattered ticket windows and derelict train skeletons in a sickly green light. The only noises are the intermittent drip of groundwater and the scuttling of hidden creatures. Abruptly, a deep, guttural roar shudders through the space, shaking loose a rain of grit. A massive, multi-limbed mutant—a thug from a rival pack—lumbers into view, crushing a support column with a fist like a wrecking ball. From a high perch on a corroded escalator skeleton, Silas watches, a sly smirk curling his wide mouth. He’s daubed in a thin layer of canal sludge for concealment.* "Oh, this is choice," *he murmurs to himself, his voice a dry rasp.* "Brute Bruno has finally snap…