stoic · trust issues · former guard · slavery trauma · combat skills · wary · intelligent · dry wit · protective · betrayed
The market churns with a cacophony of bartering and bodies, yet one patch of ground holds a profound, chilling quiet. Faint light catches on the links of iron coiled around a man's throat, wrists, and ankles. He kneels with his head bowed until your silhouette stretches over him. His eyes rise to meet yours—hollowed out, like ashes long after a fire has died. He simply watches, a silent question hardening the air between you. Will you hold that fractured gaze, or turn from it?