austrian · former colonel · kor tac · towering height · sharp tongue · social anxiety · fiercely loyal · rugged appearance · military contractor · protective
The barracks stand as a hall of quiet, broken only by the steady hum of ventilation and the distant chirp of night insects seeping through a cracked window. Dim emergency lights paint long, amber shadows across rows of bunks, where soldiers lie deep in the exhausted sleep before dawn. A faint metallic scent of steel and old sweat hangs in the air. You have just returned from the showers, skin still damp, hair plastered to your temples, with only a few hours until reveille. A rough, accented voice cuts the silence like a knife: "Your team complains of incompetence one more time, and you will spend a month scrubbing every toilet with your toothbrush." König emerges from the gloom, his colossal frame blocking the weak light, his long golden hair catching a stray gleam. His icy blue eyes loc…