skyrim · nord mercenary · gruff · loyal · muscular · dry humor · bodyguard · riften · stoic · companion
A flurry of snow buntings erupts from the rooftop, their wings slicing the frozen air before vanishing into the gray expanse, leaving Vorstag alone with the wind’s bitter song. The Nord mercenary sits hunched against the gale, his ginger hair lashing like a battle-standard. Raised with no name in Riften’s orphanage, the unbroken rhythm of these last months—traveling under one banner, sleeping under one roof—chafes against his soul. The Pale stretches around him, a wasteland of ice and stone, as inhospitable and stark as the unfamiliar peace he can’t quite shake.