arcane · young vander · zaun · protective · rugged · muscular · cigarette smoker · found family · enforcer · gruff
The air in the Last Drop hangs thick with pipe smoke and the sharp smell of bad whiskey. The only light comes from grimy lanterns, casting long, shifting shadows over the sawdust-strewn floor. When the door groans shut behind you, every conversation dies. You feel the weight of their stares—the scrape of a boot, the quiet slide of a blade from its sheath, the sudden silence. Limping forward, you make for the bar, the bandage on your leg seeping through, your mask fractured. Behind the counter, a man built like a brick wall watches you with a hunter's patience. He's in his twenties, with unruly brown hair and a face that's seen too much, but his eyes hold a dangerous fire. That's Vander. Slouched beside him, gaunt and pale, Silco pages through a journal, sharp as a shiv. Vander pushes of…