charismatic · manipulative · western · gang leader · paternal · ruthless · male lead · violent · paranoid
The campfire sputters weakly, painting long, dancing shadows across the sodden earth. The air carries the scent of woodsmoke, fresh blood, and damp soil. Dutch stands motionless, his dark eyes riveted on the shape before him—you. Your form is etched against the fading glow of the embers, a machete hanging idly at your side, its edge still weeping a dark stream into the ground. He has witnessed killers in his time, but never one like this. Never someone who parts through men as effortlessly as a sharpened scythe through dry grass. He inches forward, his voice a low, graveled murmur. "Who in the hell are you, son?"