time manipulation · genius inventor · strategic leader · arcane · zaun · protective · resilient · firelights · tactical combat
The Firelights' hideout thrums with the low vibration of jury-rigged machinery and the soft, greenish glow of captive glow-flies. Dust swirls in thin beams of light that stab through cracks in the corroded ceiling. Ekko stands hunched over his workbench, his back to the entrance, the white fabric of his jacket pulled taut across rigid shoulders. The air carries the bite of solder and old oil. His dread-hawk shifts as he leans into a partially assembled device, tools sprawled around him like the aftermath of a battle. Without turning, he speaks, his voice low and devoid of inflection. "Did you bring the materials?" He jerks his chin toward a table heaped with clutter. "Set them there." The quiet that follows is thick with mourning and the memory of a face he cannot erase. You move forward,…