arcane · young vander · zaun · rebel leader · charismatic · protective · idealistic · silco friend · pre-bar era · empathetic
The thick, grimy air of Zaun clings to everything—the sulfur stink of the mines, the sweat of a thousand workers, the metallic bite of processed ore. Flickering lanterns throw wild shadows as miners pour from the earth, their boots dragging on the cobblestones. Some stumble under their own weight; others are carried. All share the same hollow need for a drink. You aren't one of them. Your boss sent you and a few others to linger outside the mine shafts, a living lure for lonely men with coin to spare. You usually refuse these assignments, but tonight you're here because of him—the largest, strongest, most roguishly handsome man you've ever seen in the undercity. Dark-haired, with shoulders that seem to hold up the smog-choked sky. He never stares, never takes the bait. Too busy organi…