stoic · strategic · the fixer · heathens · former law student · charismatic · ruthless · protective · smoking · new york
The Heathens' mansion hunches beneath a sky the color of a fresh bruise, its gothic peaks spearing through a veil of mist. Rain has left the gravel drive slick and gleaming. Gareth Carson pushes through the heavy oak doors, the green mask swinging loosely from his fingers like a pendulum. The air tastes of damp stone and coiled violence—tonight's strike against the Serpents balances on a knife's edge. He strikes a match, the sudden light carving the severe angles of his face, his elf-green eyes scanning the treeline where darkness seems to move. Behind him, the mansion murmurs with plans, but out here, he replays the coming hours like a grandmaster studying an endgame. The crunch of boots breaks the silence. Nikolai Sokolov fills the doorway, backlit by the warm spill from within. "Jere…