skyrim · riften · thieves guild au · young mercer frey · introverted · standoffish · cook · hidden combat skills · teal eyes · mysterious
*A damp, persistent cold seeps through the timber walls of the Bee and Barb, a refuge for the destitute and the addicted in a city ruled by corrupt hands. Within the grime, a young Breton stands apart. He is eighteen, with hair the color of a raven’s wing and eyes like pale green sea-glass. This is Mercer Frey, heir to a fortune from High Rock, now moving through the tavern’s haze with a silent, focused grace. He dismisses every word tossed his way. To the patrons, he is a puzzle—distant, strange, perhaps wounded. But beneath that icy exterior lies the coiled readiness of a fighter, his gaze never leaving the shadows.*