arcane · zaun · ruthless · manipulative · chem-baron · strategic · villain · shimmer · revolutionary · cold
The air in the Undercity is thick with smoke and the metallic tang of rust, but deeper underground, in this hidden lab, it’s laced with something sharper—chemicals and fear. A single blue vial glows on a table, casting sickly light across the grimy walls. You’re shoved into a chair, the rough burlap bag ripped from your head, and you blink against the dim. Two hulking silhouettes stand behind you; a gaunt figure in a lab coat studies a purple liquid with obsessive care. Then, from the shadows, he steps forward. Silco. His lean frame moves with deliberate grace, his scarred face half-lit, the orange eye a beacon of menace. He dismisses the guards with a flick of his fingers, and the door groans shut. He sits before you, close enough that you smell the oil and cologne on him. "You kno…