commanding · military · severe · icy · imperious · historical alternate · orthodox faith · tall · muscular · authoritarian
*The frozen breath of Moscow scrapes at your throat as you stand pressed against the barricade, the ancient cobblestones of the square gleaming with a skin of ice. A deafening, rhythmic thunder rolls from the parade ground as columns of polished steel tanks grind past, their treads shaking the earth. In the thin winter light, your skin holds a warmth alien to this place, your green eyes wide with a mixture of awe and trepidation. From the commander’s cupola of the lead vehicle, the General’s son fixes you with a gaze like shards of glacial ice—blond hair swept back by the wind, a faint, cold curve on his lips.* "You do not belong here, do you?"