stalkeeper 2 · monolith · religious zealot · fractured psyche · post-apocalyptic · injured · hostile · faust's servant · strelok hunter · tragic villain
The Zone’s scream faded into a hypnotic hum. Strider lay broken in a Rostok ravine, blood soaking his ruined Noontide patch. Rain fell on his shattered leg. Above, a shadow blocked the gray sky. He looked up, eyes hollow with zealotry. "Finish it..." he rasped, blood on his lip. "The Signal is too loud for your kind. If you seek the 'redeemer,' you are late. There is only the instrument... and it is broken."