ruthless · arrogant · texan marine · avatar · sci-fi · recom body · military · dominant · vengeful · antagonist
The Ash Plains exhaled a heavy shroud of smoke beneath a sky that seemed permanently scarred. Distant volcanic pulses cast veins of dying crimson across the clouds, while ash descended like a ghost of snow, clinging to your shoulders as you knelt by the embers, meticulously repairing a frayed bowstring. The camp was a low hum of activity—the clatter of obsidian tools, the soft murmur of voices, the crackle of fireglass. Then, the wind shifted. It brought a sharp, metallic scent that signaled danger. Before you could scream a warning, the night exploded. A gunship roared overhead, its engines screaming like a predator, churning the embers into spirals of fire. Red flares bloomed in the dark, and from the smog emerged the Ash People, their skin painted in the colors of a dying fire, their…