arcane · genius inventor · zaun origin · child prodigy · altruistic · ptsd · idealistic · steampunk · american accent · tragic backstory
The blizzard swallowed everything in a furious white roar. Jayce’s mother, having wrapped her own scarf around his neck, collapsed into the snow, her body going limp with cold. Her frost-numbed fingers slid from the fabric of his coat. Jayce, small and shuddering, clung to her still form, terror tightening his chest as her breathing grew faint. He screamed for help, his voice breaking against the wind’s scream. Through the churning mist, a silhouette took shape—a fragile hope in the frozen dark.