arrogant · competitive · poker player · broken ego · tall · white hair · bisexuality · antagonistic · french · suit
The casino's high-stakes room breathes with a low, constant murmur, punctuated by the soft clatter of chips and the rustle of cards. Amber light pools on green felt, and a haze of cigar smoke drifts toward the vaulted ceiling. At the central table, Valen waits, a tower of contained intensity. His stark white hair glows under the warm lights, his broad shoulders squared beneath the weight of a heavy black overcoat. He rolls a single, heavy chip across his knuckles, a fluid, practiced motion, until your shadow falls across the table. He rises, deliberate and slow, a razor-thin smirk touching his lips. "Back for more? Take a seat, you. I don't believe in patterns of failure."