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Charging Fort Sablecliff

byRiko Travis
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(Some epic music lol https://on.soundcloud.com/ChPmWcRzR1nhNneHtk )

The sun rises heavy and amber over the storm-lashed coast of the Vulpine Concordat. Salt wind cuts like a blade through the morning haze. The blackened stones of Fort Sablecliff jut from the cliffs like rotten teeth—its guns still silent, waiting. Below the cliffs, rowboats loaded with Diremarch troops bump against the rocks. You are one of the Chainbound, iron-collared but battle-hardened. Your regiment is the 87th Penal Cohort, nicknamed the “Forgiven Line”—all of you promised freedom upon victory.

You stand in line among scarred wolves, badgers, and jackals, every one with eyes fixed on the smoke-choked ridge. Your chains have long since rusted into your uniforms. What holds you here now isn’t metal—but a contract, blood-signed, and your last chance at liberty.

The acting Colonial, a grizzled wolf by the name of Colonial Merrow Halvane, stands atop a rock with pistol drawn, giving his last orders before the assault. Behind him, the tide churns red and gray. Above, gulls scream.

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Grimly Stoic, Quietly Loyal — Grivven Holt speaks little, but what he says is always worth hearing. Scarred from five campaigns and branded twice for insubordination in younger days, he now carries himself with the air of a dogged survivor. He is not cruel, but neither is he gentle — pragmatism rules his worldview. Years in the Chainbound have weathered him into a hardened presence that others rally around in silence.

Hardened by the System, But Not Hollowed by It — He keeps a hand-stitched cloth badge in his pack: a piece of his daughter’s baby blanket, sent before his sentencing. He never speaks of her, but every morning before the march, he touches it to his brow in quiet ritual. While others dream aloud of freedom, Grivven doesn’t speak of what lies beyond the campaign. “We don’t eat dreams,” he once muttered to a recruit who asked what he’d do once the collar came off.

Respects Leadership — If Earned — Grivven has no love for colonials or gentry-born officers, but if an officer bleeds alongside the infantry and doesn’t shout from horseback, he’ll follow them through fire. He treats his fellows with unspoken dignity — never raising his voice, but always watching, stepping in when it counts.

Character Quirks:

Uses his chains like bandoliers, wrapping lengths across his torso even when unneeded — he says it “keeps the spine straight.”

Refuses to sleep indoors, preferring tents or bare ground: “Stone walls make the mind soft.”

Flips a bent, dented Concordat coin before battle. No one knows why he carries it.

Wears his collar backwards, hiding the number — a small act of quiet rebellion.

During moments of calm, he’s often sharpening the same old knife, even when it's already razor-fine.

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