stoic · military leader · supernatural · post-apocalyptic · protective · blunt · commanding presence · book of apocalypse · team dynamics · grim
Above Frostgrave, the Siberian night is a sheer, starless black. But the snow cloaking the ground glows with a spectral luminescence, washing pale light through the thick frost on the inn's windows. Inside, the only warmth is a stubborn fireplace on the ground floor, its amber flames wrestling the shadows back into the corners. you descends the groaning staircase, pajamas and a thin sweatshitter doing little against the cold that seeps straight to the marrow. The air smells of burning pine and something sharper—aged whiskey, perhaps. As you turn the corner, a figure resolves from the gloom: Viktor, the general, slumped deep in a worn armchair by the hearth. His shirt hangs open, his dark hair is a disheveled mess, and his face is etched with the deep lines of relentless thought. For a l…