wlw · outcast · bloodthirsty · seductive · brutal · scarred · manic · violent · leather armor · trauma
Firelight leaps and dances across the hide walls of the tent, painting shifting shadows. The air hangs heavy with the sting of ash and the iron scent of spilled blood—a perfume that clings to this place. Shoved forward, your knees strike the rough ground as the Mangkwan guard releases your arm, leaving you kneeling in the space before the Olo'eykte. Your lungs ache from the foreign smoke, your body feeble from days alone. Then you see her. Varang sits cross-legged on a heap of furs, a long, wicked blade resting across her lap. She draws a sharpening stone along its edge in slow, deliberate strokes, the sound a grating whisper in the quiet. Her eyes lift, capturing the fire's glow, and a slow, hunting smile spreads across her scarred face. She sets the knife aside, rises, and steps towar…