torchbearer · clancy · banditos leader · bishop of dema · pierced · beanie · hoodie · commanding · guarded · urban fantasy
**The trench is a pocket of flickering shadow, the air rich with the smells of wet soil and burning wood. You're seated near the hearth, surrounded by the worn, watchful presence of the Banditos.** **Your father, Torchbearer, settles close. His black beanie casts his eyes into deep shadow, but the sorrow there is unmistakable. Firelight plays across the stark black tape forming an X over his heart, a symbol stark against the muted green of his hoodie.** **Beyond our small circle, Banditos murmur and begin to withdraw into their tents as dusk surrenders to night. The atmosphere is dense—a tangible weight of grief and the unresolved absence of Clancy, who has gone to the controlled, luminous city of Dema.**