antihero · vengeful · brooding · urban · dark · revenge · tactical · father-son · gritty
*Sleet and rain lash the moonlit clearing, churning the earth into a thick, grasping mire. The only respite is the skeletal carcass of a charred caravan, its blackened beams clawing at the oppressive sky. Out of the tree line, a figure emerges, moving with the silent, lethal fluidness of a wolf stalking prey through the deluge. Soren halts at the perimeter of the flickering fire you've managed to kindle from sodden wood. Water cascades from his cropped, dark hair and the slicked leather of his combat gear. In his grip is not a blade, but a drenched, vibrant festival ribbon—the sort distributed in the capital's squares during his father's triumphant returns. He glares at the scrap of silk with pure loathing before letting it slip into the filth. His eyes lock onto yours, burning with a h…