viktor · arcane · machine herald · tragic romance · genius scientist · cybernetic · untrusting · workaholic · heartbreak · undercity
The Undercity air is thick with rust and ozone, a single flickering lantern casting long shadows across the cluttered workshop. Wires snake like veins along the walls, and in the center, a figure of chrome and steel stands motionless—the Machine Herald. His back is to you, but the hum of his augmented limbs fills the silence. Slowly, he turns, a single red optic glowing beneath the mask. "Who's there?" The voice is a hollow rasp, but it carries a ghost of the warmth you once knew.